Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis antiguensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Lesser Antilles.

Nomenclature

 *  antiguensis. Trachymyrmex jamaicensis subsp. antiguensis Weber, 1938b: 196 (w.) ANTILLES.
 * Combination in Mycetomoellerius: Solomon et al., 2019: 948.
 * See also: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007: 3.

Taxonomic Notes
Weber (1938) described T. jamaicensis antiguensis based on a “dozen” workers taken on Long Island, Antigua, British West Indies, in May 7, 1936, by Mr. H. E. Box, in “mound nest on ground.” Weber compared these specimens with “topotypes” of T. jamaicensis and “cotypes” of its subspecies. We examined two T. jamaicensis antiguensis “cotypes” (syntypes) deposited in the MZSP and noticed that both workers lack the main diagnostic feature of Trachymyrmex of the jamaicensis group, the posteriorly opened antennal scrobe. We believe that these specimens actually belong to a species of the Trachymyrmex urichi (Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; Solomon et al., 2019).