Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 55

publication ID	21367
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239987
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scientific name	Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius
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Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius View in CoL HNS 1804).

Formica gracilis Fabricius HNS 1804: 405.

Leptalea gracilis (Fabricius) HNS . Erichson 1839: 309.

Pseudomyrma gracilis (Fabricius) HNS . Roger 1862b: 289.

Pseudomyrma (Clavanoda) gracilis (Fabricius) HNS . Enzmann 1944: 61.

Pseudomyrma gracilis var. atrinoda Santschi HNS 1934: 26. NEW SYNONYMY. [holotype w examined, NHMB; Rio Negro , Paraná, Brazil (Reichensperger)] .

Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) HNS . Kusnezov 1953: 214.

Pseudomyrmex gracilis var. atrinoda (Santschi) HNS . Kempf 1958: 434.

Pseudomyrmex gracilis var. atrinodus (Santschi) HNS . Kempf 1972: 219.

Ants in the Pseudomyrmex gracilis HNS species complex are ubiquitous in the neotropics, and the species P. gracilis HNS itself presents a confusing array of variation (Ward 1989). Santschi distinguished his variety P. atrinodus HNS on the basis of small size and light coloration on parts of the mesosoma, but I have examined the type material and in both these characters P. atrinodus HNS is well within the normal range of variation of the species. Phil Ward, who is revising Pseudomyrmex HNS , concurs with this synonymy (Ward, pers comm.)