Basiceros convexiceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Ceratobasis convexiceps Mayr, 1887: 581 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Emery, 1924d: 328 (m.), Brown & Kempf, 1960: 174 (q.).
 * Combination in Basiceros: Emery, 1924d: 328.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 148; Forel, 1895b: 136; Emery, 1924d: 328; Borgmeier, 1927c: 120; Brown, 1949f: 89; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 36; Brown, 1974c: 140 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 80; Feitosa, et al. 2007: 19 (in key).
 * Senior synonym of squamifer: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172; Kempf, 1972a: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 80.
 * Distribution: Brazil.
 * squamifer. Basiceros squamifer Borgmeier, 1937b: 245, figs. 30-33 (w.q.l.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
 * Type-material: 60 syntype workers, 3 syntype queens.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Jussaral, nr Angra dos Reis, 30.x.1935 (H. Souza Lopes & H. Lent).
 * Type-depositories: IBVR, MCZC, MZSP.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1949f: 89.
 * Junior synonym of convexiceps: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172; Kempf, 1972a: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 80.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brown W. L., Jr., and W. W. Kempf. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 161-250.
 * Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Lutinski J. A., B. C. Lopes, and A. B. B.de Morais. 2013. Diversidade de formigas urbanas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de dez cidades do sul do Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 13(3): 332-342.
 * Lutinski J. A., F. R. Mello Garcia, C. J. Lutinska, and S. Iop. 2008. Ants diversity in Floresta Nacional de Chapecó in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria 38(7): 1810-1816.
 * Probst R. S., B. D. Wray, C. S. Moreau, and C. R. F. Brandao. 2019. A phylogenetic analysis of the dirt ants, Basiceros (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): inferring life histories through morphological convergence. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(4): 1–12.
 * Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
 * Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
 * Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-611.