Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885: 56

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes & Brandão, Carlos R. F., 2013, Catalogue Of Dacetini And Solenopsidini Ant Type Specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) Deposited In The Museu De Zoologia Da Universidade De São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53 (14), pp. 187-209 : 193-195

Genus Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885: 56

Leonius group

Megalomyrmex acauna Brandão, 1990: 429 . Holotype: 1W [ Brazil], M[ato] Grosso, Gustavo Dutra, [14°43’S 55°39’W], 25.x.[19]53, C. R. G[onçalves leg.]. Missing L6 tibia and tarsus. Paratypes: 6W [ Brazil], MT [Mato Grosso], Gustavo Dutra, [14°43’S 55°39’W], 25.x.1953, C. R. Gonçalves [leg.]. One worker missing L3 second to fifth tarsus, L4 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L2/L5/L6 tarsus; one worker missing A2 funiculus, L2 tarsus, L3 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A2 funiculus, disarticulated L1 glued on a paper triangle; one worker missing L2, disarticulated head and frist segment of the thorax glued on a paper triangle. 1W [ Brazil], Mato Grosso, Chapada , [15°26’S 55°45’W], vii.1960, C. Amann col. Missing A2 funiculus .

Megalomyrmex bidentatus Fernández & Baena, 1997: 112. Paratype: 1W Colombia, Nariño, Barbacoas, Tajadas, 01°17’N 78°15’W, 1000 m, ago[sto.19]94, F. Escobar [leg.], #446. Missing L 2/L6 last tarsus, L5 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus .

Megalomyrmex cyendyra Brandão, 1990: 433. Paratypes: 1W Colombia, Valle [del Cauca], Diguá [Dagua, Parque Nacional Natural Farollones de Cali, El] Queremal, Rio San Juan, [03°31’N 76°43’W], 1300 m , 28.vii.[19]73, W.L. Brown [leg.]. Missing A 1. 2W Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Park [Nacional Natural] Farollones de Cali, El Topazio , [Rio] Pance , [03°20’N 76°43’W], 31.xii.1981, J.E. Lattke col.

Megalomyrmex glaesarius Kempf, 1970: 355 . Holotype: 1W Peru, [Cajamarca], Llama, [06°31’S 79°08’W], 2350 m, [no date, W.] Weyrauch [leg.], #1069. Missing L6 femur, tibia and tarsus. Paratypes: 26W Peru, [Cajamarca], Llama, [06°31’S 79°08’W], 2350 m, [no date, W.] Weyrauch [leg.], #1069. One worker missing L5 coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; two workers with disarticulated postpetiole and gaster glued on a paper triangle; one worker missing A1, L1 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L6 femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A2, L5 femur, tibia and tarsus.

Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885: 57. Type[Paralectotype]: 1W Colombia, Coll. Forel. Missing A 1/A2, disarticulated L2 glued on a paper triangle, and L3 glued in the gaster .

Megalomyrmex pacova Brandão, 1990: 437. Paratype: 1W Ecuador, 26.iv.1957, in bananas [specimen came from banana shipments arrived at U.S. Quarentine ports – Charleston, South Carolina; Brownsville, Texas; and New York], F. Perlmutter [leg.] .

Megalomyrmex timbira Brandão, 1990: 439. Holotype: 1W, Paratype: 1W Venezuela, Táchira, Palmira, La Flautera, 1200 m, 8.viii.1983, J. Lattke col. Paratype with disarticulated L4, postpetiole and gaster glued on a paper triangle .

Modestus group

Megalomyrmex ayri Brandão, 1990: 420 . Holotype: 1W Brasil, MT [Mato Grosso], Utiariti, Rio Papagaio, 325 m, vii.1961, K. Lenko col., # 1731. Paratypes: 3W 1G Brasil, MT [Mato Grosso], Utiariti, Rio Papagaio , 325 m, vii.1961, K. Lenko col. , #1731. One worker missing A1, L2/L3 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus, disarticulated head, mandibles and mouth apparatus glued on a paper triangle; one worker with disarticulated head, mandibles, mouth apparatus and A1/A2 glued on a paper triangle; one worker with disarticulated head, mandibles and mouth apparatus glued on a paper triangle; dealate gyne. 3W [ Brazil], MT [Mato Grosso], Sinop , 55°37’W 12°31’S, x.1974 , [M.] Alv [arenga] & [O.] Roppa [leg.], #12516 . One worker missing L2 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L6 second to fifth tarsus. 3W 1G Brasil, Mato Grosso, Diamantino, Faz [enda] Junqueira Vilela , [14°25’S 56°26’W], 3 km E[ast] casa, for., 17-18.vii.1973 , W.L. Brown [leg.]. One worker missing L5 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L1 femur, tibia and tarsus; dealate gyne. 4W 2G Brasil, Rondônia, Vilhena, Est [rada] V [elha] Colorado , [Chácara Pedro], mata [perto de igarapé], litter, ninho, 31.vii.1988 , Ana Yoshi Harada [leg.]. Dealate gynes; mandibles from other specimen glued on a paper triangle .

Megalomyrmex caete Brandão, 1990: 422. Paratypes: 1W 1G Ecuador, Prov[incia] Guayas, 3 km SW[Southwest] Bucay, mt-base for., 24.vii. [19]73, W.L. Brown [leg.]. One worker missing M2, disarticulated mouth apparatus glued on a paper triangle; dealate gyne missing A2 funiculus .

Megalomyrmex cupecuara Brandão, 1990: 423. Paratype: 1M Colombia, [Departament] Valle [del Cauca], 4 km E[ast] Sabaletos, Trop[ical] rain forest, 18.x.1975, R. C. Wilkerson col., malaise trap, Venezuela-Inst[ituto de] Zool[ogía] Agricola, Fac[uldad de] Agronomia, U [niversidad] C[entral de] V [enezuela, Campus] Maracay. Missing part of A2. Paratypes: 1W 1M Colombia, [Departament] Valle [del Cauca], Munic [ipio] Buenaventura, Anchicayá, rainfor[est], 200 m, 17-19.vi.1971, W.L. Brown [leg.]. Male missing part of A1/A2. 1M Ecuador, [Provincia Pichincha], 16 km SE[Southeast] S[anto] Domingo de los Colorados, Tinalandia, vi.1975, S. [Peck] & J. Peck. [leg.] .

Megalomyrmex goeldii Forel, 1912: 14. Paralectotype: 1W Brasil, RJ[Rio de Janeiro], Colônia Alpina[Teresópolis, no date, E.A.] Goeldi col.

Megalomyrmex iheringi Forel, 1911: 304. Cotype[Lectotype]: 1W [ Brazil, São Paulo], A[lto] da Serra [Paranapiacaba, Santo André, 23°47’S 46°19’W, 22.viii.1910, H. F.A.] v. Jheringi [leg., Coll. Borgm.] #2093. Cotypes [Paralectotypes]: 3W [ Brazil, São Paulo], A[lto] da Serra [Paranapiacaba, Santo André, 23°47’S 46°19’W, 22.viii.1910], H.[F.A.] v. Jheringi [leg., Coll. Borgm.] #2093. 7W [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Alto da Serra [Paranapiacaba, Santo André, 23°47’S 46°19’W, 22.viii.1910], H.[F.A.] v. Jheringi [leg., MZSP] #15527. 4W [ Brazil, São Paulo, Santo André, Paranapiacaba], Parque Cajuru [Reserva Biológica do Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba, 27.ix.1909, H.] Lüderwaldt [leg., MZSP] #14096. Cotypes [Not types]: 1G [ Brazil, São Paulo], A[lto] da Serra [Paranapiacaba, Santo André, 22.viii.1910, H. F.A.] v. Jheringi [leg., Coll. Borgm.] #2093. Dealate gyne. 1G [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Alto da Serra [Paranapiacaba, Santo André], 22.viii.1910, [H. F.A.] v. Jheringi [leg.], #2095. Dealate gyne. Comment: These two gynes labelled as cotype were not described by Forel, who studied only workers, thus we do not consider them as types .

Megalomyrmex weyrauchi Kempf, 1970: 357 . Holotype: 1W Peru, [Cajamarca], Llama, [06°31’S 79°08’W], 2350 m, [no date, W.] Weyrauch [leg., Weyrauch accession number] #1070. Paratypes: 20W Peru, [Cajamarca], Llama, [06°31’S 79°08’W], 2350 m, [no date, W.] Weyrauch [leg., Weyrauch accession number] #1070. Two workers missing A1; one worker missing head; one worker missing A2, L6 tarsus, disarticulated mandibles and mouth apparatus glued on a paper triangle.

Pusillus group

Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961: 504 . Holotype: 1W, Paratypes: 4W Surinam, Dirkshoop , [40 km west of Paramaribo – capital of Surinam], DIIIcd[soil sample taken in primary forest], x.1959, I[J.] v[an] d[er] Drift col. One worker missing petiole, postpetiole and gaster (paratype) .

Megalomyrmex gnomus Kempf, 1970: 359 Holotype : 1W [ Brazil], MT [MS/ Mato Grosso do Sul], Corumbá, 18.x.[19]53, C. R. G[onçalves leg.]. Paratypes: 2W [ Brazil], MT [MS/ Mato Grosso do Sul], Cuyabá[Corumbá], 18.x.[19]53, C. R. G[onçalves leg.]. One worker missing A1, disarticulated petiole, postpetiole and gaster glued on a paper triangle. Comment: In the original description all types were designed from the same locality, Corumbá, and Dr. Gonçalves confirmed this information ( Brandão, 1990).

Megalomyrmex incisus M.R. Smith, 1947: 102 . Paratypes: 3W [ Panama], Barro Colorado Is[land], C[anal] Z[one], vi-x.1943, [J.] Zetek [leg.], nº 5105, Lot. 43-16534, USNM [National Museum of Natural History] 58040. One worker missing A2; one worker with disarticulated head and missing A1; one worker missing L1/L2 last tarsus, disarticulated mandibles, mouth apparatus and A1 glued on a paper triangle.

Megalomyrmex miri Brandão, 1990: 452 Paratype: 1W Costa Rica, Zent, iii.1924, W.M. Mann [leg.], Coll. Mann 1954. Missing A 1 and L6 last tarsus .

Silvestrii group

Megalomyrmex cuatiara Brandão, 1990: 440. Holotype: 1W Colombia, Amazonas, 7 km NW[Northwest] Leticia, [04°09’S 69°57’W], forest, litter, 20-25.ii.1972 [original publication says “iii”], S. [Peck] & J. Peck [leg.], #250, berl[ese funnel]. Missing L 2 tibia and tarsus. Paratypes: 1G Colombia, Amazonas, 7 km NW[Northwest] Leticia, [04°09’S 69°57’W], forest, litter, 20-25.ii.1972 [original publication says “iii”], S. [Peck] & J. Peck [leg.], #250, berl[ese funnel]. Dealate gyne. 2W 1G Colombia, Putumayo, Villa Garzón, [01°02’N 76°37’W], 14.viii.[19]77, B. Jackson [leg.]. One worker missing L2 last tarsus. 1W Colombia, Meta, Villavicencio, [04°10’N 73°37’W], forest, litter, 1-4.iii.1972, S. [Peck] & J. Peck [leg.], #233, berl[ese funnel]. Missing postpetiole and gaster, disarticulated mandibles and A1 glued on a paper. 1G Colombia, Meta, Quebrada Susamuko, 23 km NW[Northwest] Villavivencio, for[est], litter, 1000 m, 5.iii. 1972, S. [Peck] & J. Peck [leg.], #B-234 .

Megalomyrmex mondabora Brandão, 1990: 442. Paratypes: 1W Costa Rica, 3-5 km E[ast] Turrialba, R [io] Reventazón, [09°45’N 83°41’W], 18-22.i.1973, W.L. Brown [leg.]. Missing L 4 last tarsus, disarticulated A1, mandibles and mouth apparatus glued on a paper. 1W [ Brazil], RO[Rondônia], Vilhena, [12°43’S 60°07’W], xi.1973, M. Alvarenga [leg.], #10221. Missing A 1, L1/L2/L3 femur, tibia and tarsus, L4 last tarsus .

Megalomyrmex mondaboroides Longino, 2010: 49 . Paratype: 1W Panama, [Provincia] Panama, El Lano, 9.279555°N 78.9615°W, forest, in underground nest of Apterostigma goniodes Lattke, 1997 , 30.iii.2011, H. Fernandez-Marin [leg.], #HF010330-50. Comment: One worker of host species, A. gonoides , in the same pin.

Megalomyrmex nocarina Longino, 2010: 51. Paratype: 1W Costa Rica, [Heredia, Cantarrana], 11 km ESE[East-Southeast] La Virgen, 10.34528[°N] 84.05778[°W], wet forest, leaf litter, 300-500 m, 26.ii.2007, [no leg., Proyecto] TEAM AMI-4 -W-123-09 .

Megalomyrmex piriana Brandão, 1990: 443. Paratype: 1W Ecuador, Prov [incia] Pichincha, Tinalandia, 16 km SE[Southwest] S[anto] Domingos de los Colorados, [00°18’S 79°04’W], 4.vi.1976, S. [Peck] & J. Peck [leg.]. Missing L 1, L2 tibia and tarsus .

Megalomyrmex sjöstedti Wheeler, 1925: 30 . Types[Syntypes]: 3W Peru, Llinquipata, [13°49’S 70°38’W], N. Holmgrem [leg.]. Junior synonym of Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, 1909: 235 by Kempf & Brown, 1968: 97.

Megalomyrmex symmetochus Wheeler, 1925: 168. Lectotypus [Paralectotypes]: 1W 1G [ Panama], Barro Colorado I [sland], C[anal] Z[one, 09°10’S 79°51’W], 30.vii.1924, W.M. Wheeler [leg.], nº 790. Dealate gyne, two wings glued on a paper. 1W [ Panama], Barro Colorado I [sland], C[anal] Z[one, 09°10’S 79°51’W], 24.i.1924, W.M. Wheeler [leg.], nº 769. Disarticulated A 1, mandibles and mouth apparatus glued on a paper. 1W [ Panama], Mt [ Mount] Hope, nr[near] Colón, C[anal] Z[one], 24.vii.1924, W.M. Wheeler [leg.], nº 616 .

Megalomyrmex tasyba Brandão, 1990: 446. Holotype: 1W Ecuador, Prov [incia] Napo, Limoncocha, 00°24’S 76°36’W, 3.viii.1972, C.W. Rettenmeyer [leg.], #4911. Missing A 1.

Megalomyrmex wettereri Brandão, 2003: 155 . Paratypes: 2W 1G Panama, Prov[incia] Panama, km 7 of El Llano Carti Suitupo Road, 09°18’02”N 78°57’31”W, 7.vii.1998, U. Mueller [leg.], #980607-01. Dealate gyne missing A1 funiculus. 8W Costa Rica, [Heredia], La Selva, [10°26’N 84°01’W], em ninho Trachymyrmex bugnioni , 2.iii.1993, J. Wetterer col. One work- er missing A1, L2 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A1.