Cyphomyrmex rimosus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Brazil. It is also found in Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Suriname, Paraguay, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  rimosus. Cryptocerus rimosus Spinola, 1851b: 49 (w.m.) BRAZIL. [Also described as new by Spinola, 1853: 65.] Emery, 1894c: 224 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. 1949: 668 (l.). Combination in Cyphomyrmex: Emery, 1893h: 2; in Atta (Cyphomyrmex): Forel, 1912e: 188; in Cyphomyrmex: Bruch, 1914: 217. Senior synonym of difformis: Forel, 1893e: 607; Emery, 1894c: 224; of cochunae, fuscus (and its junior synonyms curiapensis, fuscula): Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491. See also: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1410.
 * difformis. Meranoplus difformis Smith, F. 1858b: 195 (w.) BRAZIL. Roger, 1863a: 210 (q.m.). Combination in Cataulacus: Roger, 1863a: 210; in Cyphomyrmex: Mayr, 1887: 558. Junior synonym of minutus: Roger, 1863b: 40; of rimosus: Forel, 1893e: 607; Emery, 1894c: 224; Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491. [Note. The name was misspelled as deformis by Roger, 1863a: 210 and many subsequent authors.]
 * fuscus. Cyphomyrmex rimosus var. fuscus Emery, 1894c: 225 (w.q.m.) BRAZIL. Senior synonym of curiapensis, fuscula: Weber, 1958d: 260. Junior synonym of rimosus: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491.
 * fuscula. Cyphomyrmex rimosus var. fuscula Emery, 1924d: 342. [Unnecessary replacement name for fuscus Emery, 1894c: 225.] Subspecies of rimosus: Santschi, 1931e: 279; Weber, 1940a: 411 (in key). Junior synonym of fuscus: Weber, 1958d: 260.
 * curiapensis. Cyphomyrmex rimosus subsp. curiapensis Weber, 1938b: 190 (w.q.m.) VENEZUELA. Junior synonym of fuscus: Weber, 1958d: 260.
 * cochunae. Cyphomyrmex rimosus subsp. cochunae Kusnezov, 1949d: 439 (w.) ARGENTINA. Raised to species: Kusnezov, 1957b: 10 (in key). Subspecies of rimosus: Kempf, 1966: 162. Junior synonym of rimosus: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491.