Paratrachymyrmex cornetzi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Biology
Castano-Meneses et al (2017) - The springtail species Cyphoderus similis Börner (Cyphoderidae: Cyphoderus) is known from nests of this ant.

Nomenclature

 *  cornetzi. Atta (Trachymyrmex) cornetzi Forel, 1912e: 183 (w.q.) COLOMBIA.
 * Combination in Trachymyrmex: Gallardo, 1916b: 242.
 * Combination in Paratrachymyrmex: Solomon et al., 2019: 948.
 * Senior synonym of annulatus, bivittatus, brevispinosus, gatun, naranjo, uncifer: Weber, 1958b: 49.
 * naranjo. Atta (Trachymyrmex) cornetzi var. naranjo Forel, 1912e: 185 (w.) COLOMBIA. Junior synonym of cornetzi: Weber, 1958b: 49.
 * bivittatus. Trachymyrmex cornetzi var. bivittatus Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 13 (w.) TRINIDAD. Subspecies of cornetzi: Weber, 1945: 54. Junior synonym of cornetzi: Weber, 1958b: 49.
 * uncifer. Trachymyrmex uncifer Santschi, 1931c: 281, figs. 16, 17 (w.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of cornetzi: Weber, 1958b: 49.
 * annulatus. Trachymyrmex annulatus Santschi, 1936b: 201, figs. 6-9 (w.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of cornetzi: Weber, 1958b: 49.
 * gatun. Trachymyrmex cornetzi subsp. gatun Weber, 1940a: 420 (w.q.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of cornetzi: Weber, 1958b: 49.
 * brevispinosus. Trachymyrmex cornetzi subsp. brevispinosus Weber, 1945: 55 (footnote) (w.) COLOMBIA. Junior synonym of cornetzi: Weber, 1958b: 49.

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