Prionopelta marthae

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 Specimen labels

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

Castes

Worker

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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

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953a [1952]. Composition of the ant tribe Typhlomyrmicini. Psyche (Camb.) 59: 104 (page 104, Combination in Typhlomyrmex)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1965c. Contributions to a reclassification of the Formicidae. IV. Tribe Typhlomyrmecini (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 72: 65-78 (page 77, Combination in Prionopelta)
• Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 239-269 (page 240, worker described)
• Ladino, N., Feitosa, R.M. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 4821 (2): 201–249 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.1).

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