Prionopelta marthae

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Prionopelta marthae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Prionopelta antillana)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Prionopelta
Species: Prionopelta marthae
Forel, 1909

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Specimen labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Prionopelta antillana.

Castes

Worker

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • marthae. Prionopelta marthae Forel, 1909a: 240 (w.) VENEZUELA.
    • Combination in Typhlomyrmex: Brown, 1953a: 104; Brown, 1957e: 229;
    • combination in Prionopelta: Brown, 1965c: 77.
    • Junior synonym of Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi: Brown, 1953a: 104; Brown, 1957e: 229; Brown, 1960a: 216.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 33; Brown, 1965c: 77; Kempf, 1972a: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365.
    • Junior synonym of antillana: Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 221.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Alonso L. E., J. Persaud, and A. Williams. 2016. Biodiversity assessment survey of the south Rupununi Savannah, Guyana. BAT Survey Report No.1, 306 pages.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Forel A. 1909. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909: 239-269.
  • Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Lapolla, J.S., T. Suman, J. Soso-Calvo and T.R. Schultz. 2006. Leaf litter ant diversity in Guyana. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:491–510