Checklist of Megalomyrmex species

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Megalomyrmex
Myrmicinae
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Megalomyrmex leoninus
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Distribution
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Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species 45
Invalid Species 8
Fossils 0
Countries Occupied 20
Year Described 1885
First Species Described 1798
Last Species Described 2020

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Megalomyrmex. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Megalomyrmex species and for distribution information see Megalomyrmex species by Country.

A

acauna Brandão, 1990 (Brazil, Peru)
adamsae Longino, 2010 (Nicaragua, Panama)
ayri Brandão, 1990 (Brazil)

B

balzani Emery, 1894 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
   • Megalomyrmex duckei Forel, 1912

bidentatus Fernández & Baena, 1997 (Colombia, Ecuador)
bituberculatus (Fabricius, 1798) (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago)
brandaoi Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 (Costa Rica, Ecuador)

C

caete Brandão, 1990 (Ecuador)
cuatiara Brandão, 1990 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana)
cupecuara Brandão, 1990 (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)
cyendyra Brandão, 1990 (Colombia, Ecuador)

D

drifti Kempf, 1961 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)

E

emeryi Forel, 1904 (Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname)

F

foreli Emery, 1890 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama)
   • Megalomyrmex latreillei Emery, 1890

fungiraptor Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)

G

glaesarius Kempf, 1970 (Ecuador, Peru)
gnomus Kempf, 1970 (Brazil)
goeldii Forel, 1912 (Brazil)

I

iheringi Forel, 1911 (Brazil)
incisus Smith, M.R., 1947 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)

L

leoninus Forel, 1885 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
longinoi Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 (Panama)

M

megadrifti Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 (Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
milenae Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 (Panama)
miri Brandão, 1990 (Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama)
modestus Emery, 1896 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Venezuela)
mondabora Brandão, 1990 (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras)
mondaboroides Longino, 2010 (Costa Rica, Panama, Peru)
myops Santschi, 1925 (Brazil)

N

nocarina Longino, 2010 (Costa Rica, Panama)

O

osadrifti Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 (Costa Rica)

P

pacova Brandão, 1990 (Colombia)
peetersi Prado & Adams, 2020 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)
piriana Brandão, 1990 (Ecuador)
poatan Brandão, 1990 (Colombia, Peru)
pusillus Forel, 1912 (Brazil, Mexico)

R

reina Longino, 2010 (Costa Rica)

S

silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
   • Megalomyrmex brasiliensis Borgmeier, 1930
   • Megalomyrmex brasiliensis misionensis Santschi, 1936
   • Megalomyrmex sjostedti Wheeler, W.M., 1925
   • Megalomyrmex sjostedti langi Wheeler, W.M., 1925
   • Megalomyrmex wheeleri Weber, 1940

staudingeri Emery, 1890 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
   • Megalomyrmex leoninus nasutus Forel, 1912

symmetochus Wheeler, W.M., 1925 (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru)

T

tasyba Brandão, 1990 (Ecuador)
timbira Brandão, 1990 (Ecuador, Venezuela)

W

wallacei Mann, 1916 (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama)
wettereri Brandão, 2003 (Costa Rica, Panama)
weyrauchi Kempf, 1970 (Brazil, Peru)