Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery 1896b)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179222 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6247377 |
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Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery 1896b) |
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Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery 1896b) View in CoL .
Pseudomyrma acanthobia Emery 1896b: 628 . [w syntypes examined, MCSN, MHNG; Paraguay (Bohls)].
Pseudomyrma acanthobia var. fuscata Emery 1896b: 629 . NEW SYNONYMY. [w syntypes examined, MCSN, MHNG; Paraguay (Bohls)].
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery) View in CoL . Kusnezov 1953: 214.
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius View in CoL var. fuscatus (Emery) . Kempf 1972: 215.
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius , a small pallidus- group species with large eyes and a relatively swollen fore femur, has been recorded sporadically from Paraguay nesting in Acacia thorns. Emery described both P acanthobius and P. acanthobius var. fuscatus in the same paper (Emery 1896b), distinguishing the two forms on the basis of color. The collections I have seen of this species can vary from orange-yellow to dark brown. Phil Ward, who is currently revising Pseudomyrmex , has examined Emery’s types and my recent Paraguayan collections and concluded that the color variation is intraspecific. As there are no other characters that reliably differ between the forms, I see no reason to dissent from Ward’s assessment.
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Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery 1896b)
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Pseudomyrma acanthobia
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var. fuscata
| Emery 1896: 629 |