Octostruma Forel, 1912a: 196

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes, Prado, Lívia P. & Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., 2015, Type specimens of the traditional Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant tribes deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil: Adelomyrmecini, Basicerotini, Blepharidatt ini, Crematogastrini, Formicoxenini, Lenomyrmecini, Myrmicini, Phalacromyrmecini, Pheidolini, Stegomyrmecini, Stenammini and Tetramoriini, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 55 (12), pp. 175-204 : 180-181

Genus Octostruma Forel, 1912a: 196

Octostruma ascrobis Longino, 2013b: 18 . Paratype:1W, GUATEMALA, Izabal, 5 km NW[Northwest of] Morales , 15.51465°N 88.86440°W ± 28 m, 18.v.2009, LLAMA #Wm-B-04-1-09, 280 m, 2º Lowland Rainforest, ex sifted leaf litter.

Octostruma betschi Perrault, 1988: 303 . Paratype: 1W, GUIANA FRANCESA, 05°30’S 50°W, 04.v.1978, [J.] M. Betsch col., floresta primária. One worker lost.

Octostruma cyrtinotum Longino, 2013b: 28 . Paratype: 1W, HONDURAS, Olancho, PN[National Park] La Muralla, 15.09489 -86.73944 ± 125 m, 02.v.2010, LLAMA #Wm-C-01-2-1, 1420 m, Cloud [Forest], ex sifted leaf litter.

Octostruma excertirugis Longino, 2013b: 30 . Paratype: 1W, GUATEMALA, Izabal, 5 km NW[Northwest of] Morales , 15.51351°N 88.86647°W ± 26 m, 17.v.2009, LLAMA #Wm-B-04-1-01, 245 m, 2º Lowland Rainforest, ex sifted leaf litter.

Octostruma gymnogon Longino, 2013b: 33 . Paratype: 1W, COSTA RICA, Prov [ince] Ala [juela], Rio Peñas Blancas, 10°19’N 84°43’W, 27.iv.1988, J. Longino # 2015-5, 800 m, Wet Forest, ex sifted leaf litter.

Rhopalothrix iheringi Emery, 1888: 361 . Cotypes[Syntypes]: 3W, JAMAICA, [Port Antonio, road to Shotover], Wighti Wh., MCZ[C] 6-8-8680. 2W, JAMAICA, [Port. Antonio, road to Shotover], Wighti Wh., MCZ[C] 9-II-8680. One worker missing head. Combination in Octostruma by Brown, 1949b: 92. Senior synonym of Octostruma godmani ( Forel, 1899: 41) , Octostruma simony ( Emery, 1890: 67) , Octostruma spei ( Forel, 1912b: 196) , Octostruma wighti (W.M. Wheeler, 1908: 161) and Octostruma sulcata ( Santschi, 1936: 201) [unavailable name] by Brown & Kempf, 1960: 187.

Octostruma inca Brown & Kempf, 1960: 185 . Holotype: 1W, Paratypes: 10W, PERU, W. Weyrauch [leg.], #732. One paratype worker with disarticulated head, postpetiole and gaster; one paratype worker with disarticulated postpetiole and gaster.

Rhopalothrix lutzi W.M. Wheeler, 1913: 241 . Syntypes: 1G 7W, [THE COMMONWEALTH OF] DOMINICA [Island, Laudet and Long Ditton, near] Roseau, F.E. Lutz [leg.]. Dealated gyne; one worker with disarticulated head and missing gaster. Combination in Octostruma by Brown, 1949b: 92. Junior synonym of Octo- struma balzani ( Emery, 1894: 217) by Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194.

Octostruma montanis Longino, 2013b: 43 . Paratype: 1W, NICARAGUA, Matagalpa, RN[Natural Reserve] Cerro Musún, 12.97796 -8523242 ± 60 m, 01.v.2011, R. S. Anderson [leg.], #2011-008, 1350 m, Wet Cloud Forest , ex sift- ed leaf litter.

Octostruma obtusidens Longino, 2013b: 44 . Paratype: 1W, COSTA RICA, Heredia, La Selva Biological Station, 10.43333 -84.01667 ± 1.5 km, 16.iii.1993, J. Longino #3390, 50 m, Wet Forest , nest under dead wood.

Octostruma rugiferoides Brown & Kempf, 1960: 200 . Paratype: 1W, MEXICO, Vera Cr[uz], n[ea]r Tetzonapa, Pueblo Nuevo, 07.viii.[19]53, E.O. Wilson [leg.], # B.F., Rainforest.

Octostruma stenognatha Brown & Kempf, 1960: 196 . Holotype: 1W, Paratypes: 3W, [BRA- ZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos, 23.i.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1334. Paratypes: 1W, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos , 25.i.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1341. 1W, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos , 30.i.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1358. 2W, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos , 04.iii.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg.], berl[Berlese- Tullgren funnels]. 1W 1G, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos , 08.xi.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1456. Dealated gyne. 3W, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos , 26.xi.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1477. One worker missing gaster; one worker with disarticulated head glued on the triangle. 1W, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos , 04.xii.1955, W.[W.] Kempf [leg.]. 5W 1E, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Cantareira , 01.iii.1959, [W.W.] Kempf [& V. dos] Santos [leg., Coll. Kempf] #2985. 1E, [ BRAZIL], S[ão] P[aulo], Cantareira , 25.ii.1959, [W.W.] Kempf [& V. dos] Santos [leg., Coll. Kempf] #2946. 1W, [ BRAZIL], S[anta] C[atarina], [Passo] Bormann , xii.1957, F. Plaumann [leg.]. 1W, [ BRAZIL], S[anta] C[atarina], Chapecó , xii.1957, F. Plaumann [leg.]. 2W 1E, BRASLIEN [ BRAZIL], Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia , 27°11’B 52°23’L, iv.1954, Fritz Plaumann [leg.], Coll. Kempf # 2647. 1W, BRASLIEN [ BRAZIL], Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia , 27°11’B 52°23’L, xi.1957, Fritz Plaumann [leg.]. 4W, BRASLIEN [ BRA- ZIL], Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia , 27°11’B 52°23’L, i.1957, Fritz Plaumann [leg.]. 1W , [ BRAZIL], S[anta] C[atarina], Seara, vii.1958, [F. Plaumann leg., Coll. Kempf] #2692. 1W, [ BRAZIL], S[anta] C[atarina], Seara, viii.1958, [F. Plaumann leg., Coll. Kempf] #2747. 2W, [ BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro], Itatiaya [Itatiaia], 1936, J.F. Zikán [leg.], Coll. Borgm. #5880.

Octostruma triangulabrum Longino, 2013b: 52 . Paratype: 1W, MEXICO, Chiapas, Nahá, 16.96313 -91.59337 ± 50 m, 08.vi.2008, LLAMA #Wa-A-07-1-06, 985 m, Mesophyll Forest , ex sifted leaf litter.

Octostruma triquetrilabrum Longino, 2013b: 53 . Paratype: 1W, COSTA RICA, Alajuela Prov [ince], Rio Peñas Blancas, 10°19’N 84°43’W, 23.v.1990, J. Longino #2701-s, 800 m, Wet Forest ex sifted leaf litter.

Octostruma trithrix Longino, 2013b: 54 . Paratype: 1W, MEXICO, Chiapas, 8 km SE[Southeast of] Salto de Agua, 17.51442 -92.29500 ± 50 m, 14.vi.2008, LLAMA #Wa-A-08-1-05, 70 m, 2º Wet Forest , ex sifted leaf litter.

Rhopalothrix wheeleri Mann, 1922: 43 . Type[Holotype]: 1W, GUAT[EMALA], Livingston, 6.5, [H.S.] Barber & [E.A.] Schwarz cols., #24462. Worker with disarticulated L1 and missing A1. Combination in Octostruma by Brown, 1949b: 92.