Gnamptogenys continua

Collected in leaf litter samples from humid forests.

Identification
A member of the mordax subgroup (in the mordax species group). Mandibles with linear tendency; mesometanotal suture impressed; declivituous propodeal face with small superolateral lobes; upper half with longitudinal costulae and inferior half with transverse costulae; sternal disc of postpetiole smooth; anterior nodal face rugose with some inferior transverse costulae. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Greater Antilles, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys) continuum Mayr, 1887: 544 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (Hetschko).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 227; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Forel, 1895b: 113; Emery, 1896g: 45 (in key); Emery, 1911d: 45; Borgmeier, 1923: 60; Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 4; Brown, 1958g: 227, 304; Kempf, 1972a: 112; Brandão, 1991: 345; Bolton, 1995b: 208; Lattke, 1995: 163; Lattke, et al. 2004: 343; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 260 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 84; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 111; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 671; Camacho, et al. 2020: 458 (in key); Marcineiro & Lattke, 2020: 4 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Senior synonym of exaratum: Lattke, 1995: 163.
 * Senior synonym of panamensis: Brown, 1958g: 227; Kempf, 1972a: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 208; Lattke, 1995: 164.
 * Distribution: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
 * exaratum. Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys) exaratum Emery, 1901a: 50 (q.) PERU.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Peru: Callanga (Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Brown, 1958g: 303 (w.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 45; Brown, 1958g: 228, 303; Kempf, 1972a: 112; Brandão, 1991: 345; Lattke, 1990b: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 209.
 * Junior synonym of continua: Lattke, 1995: 163.
 * panamensis. Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys) continuum var. panamensis Santschi, 1931c: 265, fig. 1 (w.) PANAMA.
 * Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Panama: France Field (A. Bierig).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) dentinode var. panamense Forel, 1899c: 9 (Bolton, 1995b: 210).]
 * Junior synonym of continua: Brown, 1958g: 227; Kempf, 1972a: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 1995: 164.

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