Octostruma rugifera

Longino, John T, 2013, A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zootaxa 3699, pp. 1-61 : 49

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3699.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6160199

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scientific name

Octostruma rugifera
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Octostruma rugifera View in CoL (Mayr, 1887)

(Figs 6A, 44)

Rhopalothrix rugifer Mayr 1887: 579. Syntype workers: Brazil, Santa Catarina [NMW?] (not examined). Combination in Octostruma : Brown 1949: 92. See also Brown & Kempf, 1960: 199.

Rhopalothrix (Octostruma) truncata Forel 1912: 196. Holotype queen: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Corcovado (Dr. Arth. Müller) [MHNG?] (not examined). Combination in Octostruma : Brown 1949: 92. Junior synonym of Octostruma rugifera : Brown & Kempf, 1960: 199.

Geographic range. Southern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

Comments. Palacio (1997) reports a Colombian record, incorrectly reported as " rugiferoides (Mayr 1887)". Specimens from Brazil and Venezuela were directly compared, and no significant geographic variation was discovered.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Octostruma

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