Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239981 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E2616977-DF05-8905-E719-5E5D3D349BA8 |
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Thomas |
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Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr |
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Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr View in CoL HNS 1887).
Ponera opaciceps Mayr HNS 1887: 536. [lectotype w examined, NHMW; Santa Catharina, Brazil]
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr) HNS . Taylor 1967: 11.
Ponera opaciceps var. postangustata Forel HNS 1908b: 343. NEW SYNONYMY. [holotype w examined, MHNG; San Bernadino , Cordillera, Paraguay (Fiebrig)] .
Hypoponera opaciceps postangustata (Forel) HNS . Kempf 1972: 123.
Forel (1908h) distinguished the variety postangustata HNS from H. opaciceps HNS on the basis of having a more convex head shape, but having examined and photographed both Mayr’s and Ford's types, I can find no discernable difference in shape. Both ants are remarkably similar in most respects except for color- the H. opaciceps HNS type is piceous while H. postangustata HNS is ferruginous. In any case, H. opaciceps HNS is variable in many characters even within nest series. Ford's H. postangustata HNS type falls well within the bounds of variation of H. opaciceps HNS and I synonomize it here.
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Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle |
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