Prionopelta punctulata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.

Nomenclature

 * . Prionopelta punctulata Mayr, 1866a: 505 (q.) BRAZIL (Paraná).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Paraná (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Mayr, 1887: 549 (w.); Forel, 1893g: 367 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 120 (l.).
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 549; Forel, 1893g: 367; Dalla Torre, 1893: 15; Forel, 1895b: 110; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 120; Emery, 1911d: 33; Borgmeier, 1923: 54; Brown, 1960a: 178, 215; Kempf, 1972a: 210; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 49; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wild, 2007b: 23; Feitosa, 2015c: 97; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240 (redescription).
 * Senior synonym of bruchi: Brown, 1960a: 178; 216; Kempf, 1972a: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.
 * Senior synonym of mayri: Brown, 1960a: 178; 216; Kempf, 1972a: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.
 * Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.
 * bruchi. Prionopelta bruchi Santschi, 1923c: 245 (w.) ARGENTINA (Córdoba).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Argentina: Córdoba, Alta Gracia (C. Bruch).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * [Note: type-material had initially been referred to as Typhlomyrmex bruchi Santschi, 1922d: 242, nomen nudum (Lacau et al. 2005: 39).]
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1931e: 273; Kusnezov, 1953b: 336.
 * Junior synonym of punctulata: Brown, 1960a: 178; Kempf, 1972a: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.
 * mayri. Prionopelta mayri Forel, 1909a: 239 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (Hetschko).
 * [Note: this taxon is based on a worker initially recorded as P. punctulata Mayr, sensu Mayr, 1887: 549 (misidenification).]
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 33; Mann, 1922: 2; Santschi, 1923c: 246; Borgmeier, 1923: 53.
 * Junior synonym of punctulata: Brown, 1960a: 178; Kempf, 1972a: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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