Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Distribution
This taxon was described from Central America. It is found in the United States, Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,  El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe

Nomenclature

 *  gracilis. Formica gracilis Fabricius, 1804: 405 (w.) CENTRAL AMERICA. Wheeler, W.M. & Bailey, 1920: 256 (l.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 385 (l.). Combination in Leptalea: Erichson, 1839: 309; in Pseudomyrma: Roger, 1862c: 289; in P. (Clavanoda): Enzmann, E.V. 1944: 61; in Pseudomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1953e: 214. Senior synonym of longinoda: Brown, 1949a: 43; Kempf, 1961a: 370; of variabilis: Ward, 1989: 439; of bicolor, canescens, dimidiata, glabriventris, mexicana, pilosula, sericata, velifera, volatilis and material of the unavailable name guayaquilensis referred here: Ward, 1993: 155; of atrinoda: Wild, 2007b: 55. Current subspecies: nominal plus argentinus. See also: Ward, 1999b: 521.
 * bicolor. Pseudomyrma bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 427 (w.) COLOMBIA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of gracilis: Roger, 1862c: 289; Mayr, 1863: 452. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of gracilis: Emery, 1890b: 59; Santschi, 1925d: 223; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 166. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.
 * sericata. Pseudomyrma sericata Smith, F. 1855c: 159 (w.) BRAZIL. Gallardo, 1932a: 50 (m.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Status as species: Forel, 1912g: 19. Subspecies of gracilis: Emery, 1890b: 60; Santschi, 1916e: 370; Gallardo, 1932a: 48. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.
 * dimidiata. Pseudomyrma dimidiata Roger, 1863a: 177 (w.) COLOMBIA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Subspecies of gracilis: Mayr, 1870a: 406; Forel, 1912g: 19. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.
 * mexicana. Pseudomyrma mexicana Roger, 1863a: 178 (w.) MEXICO. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 385 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 381 (l.). Combination in Leptalea: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 788; in Pseudomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1953e: 214. Subspecies of gracilis: Mayr, 1870a: 409; Emery, 1890b: 45; Forel, 1907e: 7; Creighton, 1950a: 80. Revived status as species: Whitcomb, Denmark, et al. 1972: 31. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155. See also: Ward, 1985b: 225.
 * canescens. Pseudomyrma canescens Smith, F. 1877b: 66 (q.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.
 * pilosula. Pseudomyrma pilosula Smith, F. 1877b: 62 (w.) BARBADOS. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 435. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.
 * variabilis. Pseudomyrma variabilis Smith, F. 1877b: 62 (w.) BARBADOS. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 435. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1989: 439.
 * volatilis. Pseudomyrma volatilis Smith, F. 1877b: 65 (m.) MEXICO. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 435. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.
 * glabriventris. Pseudomyrma gracilis var. glabriventris Santschi, 1922b: 345 (w.) BOLIVIA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 156.
 * velifera. Pseudomyrma gracilis var. velifera Stitz, 1933: 68 (q.) GUATEMALA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 156.
 * atrinoda. Pseudomyrma gracilis var. atrinoda Santschi, 1934c: 26 (w.q.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of gracilis: Wild, 2007b: 55.
 * longinoda. Pseudomyrma gracilis var. longinoda Enzmann, E.V. 1944: 87 (w.) PERU. Junior synonym of gracilis: Brown, 1949a: 43; Kempf, 1961a: 370.