Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr 1887)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179222 |
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Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr 1887) |
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Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr 1887) View in CoL .
Ponera opaciceps Mayr 1887: 536 . [lectotype w examined, NHMW; Santa Catharina, Brazil] Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr) View in CoL . Taylor 1967: 11.
Ponera opaciceps var. postangustata Forel 1908b: 343 View in CoL . NEW SYNONYMY. [holotype w examined, MHNG; San Bernadino, Cordillera, Paraguay (Fiebrig)].
Hypoponera opaciceps postangustata (Forel) View in CoL . Kempf 1972: 123.
Forel (1908h) distinguished the variety postangustata from H. opaciceps on the basis of having a more convex head shape, but having examined and photographed both Mayr’s and Forel’s types, I can find no discernable difference in shape. Both ants are remarkably similar in most respects except for color- the H. opaciceps type is piceous while H. postangustata is ferruginous. In any case, H. opaciceps is variable in many characters even within nest series. Forel’s H. postangustata type falls well within the bounds of variation of H. opaciceps and I synonomize it here.
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Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr 1887)
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var. postangustata
| Forel 1908: 343 |
Ponera opaciceps
| Mayr 1887: 536 |