Alfaria simulans

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico , Panama.

Nomenclature

 *  simulans. Alfaria simulans Emery, 1896e: 177 (footnote) (w.) COSTA RICA.
 * [Also described as new by Emery, 1896g: 42 (w.q.m.).]
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 229, 316; Lattke, 1992a: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, et al. 2007: 260 (in key); Lattke & Delsinne, 2016: 142.
 * Senior synonym of bufonis: Lattke & Delsinne, 2016: 142.
 * bufonis. Alfaria bufonis Mann, 1926: 101 (w.) MEXICO.
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 227.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 227, 317; Bolton, 1995b: 208; Lattke, 1992a: 126; Lattke, et al. 2007: 264 (in key).
 * Junior synonym of simulans: Lattke & Delsinne, 2016: 142.

Type Material
Alfaria bufonis: Choapam, Oaxaca, Mexico. Cat. No. 29047 U. S. N. M. Described from a single worker taken from the stomach of a toad (Bufo valliceps Weig., U. S. N. M. 46967) collected by Nelson and Goldman, July 28, 1894. The type lacks the antennal funiculi and portions of the legs, but is otherwise in good condition, with the pilosity well preserved.