Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery
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21367 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239983 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2BBC1263-04BC-07EF-DFD1-23EEC78AE834 |
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Thomas |
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Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery |
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Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery View in CoL HNS 1896b).
Pseudomyrma acanthobia Emery HNS 1896b: 628. [w syntypes examined, MCSN, MHNG; Paraguay (Bohls)] .
Pseudomyrma acanthobia var. fuscata Emery HNS 1896b: 629. NEW SYNONYMY. [w syntypes examined, MCSN, MHNG; Paraguay (Bohls)] .
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius (Emery) HNS . Kusnezov 1953: 214.
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius var. fuscatus (Emery) HNS . Kempf 1972: 215.
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius HNS , a small pallidus-group species with large eyes and a relatively swollen fore femur, has been recorded sporadically from Paraguay nesting in Acacia HNS thorns. Emery described both P acanthobius HNS and P. acanthobius var. fuscatus HNS 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 HNS , 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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Italy, Genova, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" |
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Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle |
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