Trachymyrmex jamaicensis antiguensis Weber
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21824 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6247785 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD24A92B-0412-907C-3321-16A37A5BC897 |
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Thomas |
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Trachymyrmex jamaicensis antiguensis Weber |
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Trachymyrmex jamaicensis antiguensis Weber View in CoL HNS , 1938
Weber (1938) described T. jamaicensis antiguensis HNS based on a “dozen” workers taken on Long Island, Antigua, British West Indies, in May 7, 1936, by Mr. H. E. Box, in “mound nest on ground.” Weber compared these specimens with “topotypes” of T. jamaicensis HNS and “cotypes” of its subspecies. We examined two T. jamaicensis antiguensis HNS “cotypes” (syntypes) deposited in the MZSP and noticed that both workers lack the main diagnostic feature of Trachymyrmex HNS of the Jamaicensis HNS group, the posteriorly opened antennal scrobe. We believe that these specimens actually belong to a species of the Trachymyrmex Urichi group, to be dealt with in a forthcoming paper.
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