Typhlomyrmex reichenspergeri

Rarely collected, known from leaf-litter samples of humid forests.

Identification
A member of the haytiana complex (in the strigata subgroup of the striatula species group). Head in frontal view with concave vertexal margin, vertex smooth and shining; anterior face of postpetiole and median disc of gastric tergum II smooth and shining; metacoxal spine absent and declivitous face of propodeum with small superolateral lobes, spiracles lateral and not elevated; metanotal suture absent. Nearest relative is apparently Holcoponera relicta. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) reichenspergeri Santschi, 1929d: 274 (w.) BRAZIL (Paraná).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Paraná, Rio Negro (Reichensperger).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229;
 * combination in Typhlomyrmex: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 12.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 229, 324; Kempf, 1972a: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 1995: 181; Lattke, et al. 2007: 257 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Camacho, et al. 2020: 453 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 12.
 * Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Favretto M. A., E. Bortolon dos Santos, and C. J. Geuster. 2013. Entomofauna from West of Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. EntomoBrasilis 6 (1): 42-63.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
 * Silva R. R., R. S. Machado Feitosa, and F. Eberhardt. 2007. Reduced ant diversity along a habitat regeneration gradient in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Forest Ecology and Management 240: 61-69.
 * Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
 * Suguituru S. S., D. R. de Souza, C. de Bortoli Munhae, R. Pacheco, and M. S. de Castro Morini. 2011. Diversidade e riqueza de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) em remanescentes de Mata Atlântica na Bacia Hidrográfica do Alto Tietê, SP. Biota Neotrop. 13(2): 141-152.
 * Suguituru S. S., M. Santina de Castro Morini, R. M. Feitosa, and R. Rosa da Silva. 2015. Formigas do Alto Tiete. Canal 6 Editora 458 pages
 * Suguituru S. S., R. Rosa Silva, D. R. de Souza, C. de Bortoli Munhae, and M. Santina de Castro Morini. Ant community richness and composition across a gradient from Eucalyptus plantations to secondary Atlantic Forest. Biota Neotrop. 11(1): 369-376.
 * Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-611.
 * da Silva, R.R. and R. Silvestre. 2004. Riqueza da fauna de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) que habita as camadas superficiais do solo em Seara, Santa Catarina. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 44(1): 1-11