Pseudomyrmex lizeri (Santschi 1922a)

Wild, Alexander L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179222
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6247381
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C2878B-FFF0-FFF4-F3D4-D23B3704FAF5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pseudomyrmex lizeri (Santschi 1922a)
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Pseudomyrmex lizeri (Santschi 1922a) . NEW STATUS.

Pseudomyrma flavidula st. lizeri Santschi 1922a: 346 .

Pseudomyrmex flavidulus lizeri (Santschi) View in CoL . Kusnezov 1953: 214.

Pseudomyrmex lizeri is known from a pair of localities in eastern Paraguay where it is locally sympatric with the common P. flavidulus . There is no reason to consider the two forms conspecific. In Paraguay, Pseudomyrmex lizeri is a noticeably larger ant than P. flavidulus and has a disproportionately broader head. I have not examined the type material of this species, but Phil Ward identified the Paraguayan specimens and concurs with a change in status for P. lizeri (Ward, pers comm.).