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Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Bailey, 1920 PDF: 256 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956 PDF: 385 (l.). |
Combination in Leptalea: Erichson, 1839 PDF: 309; in Pseudomyrma: Roger, 1862c PDF: 289; in Pseudomyrmex (Clavanoda): Enzmann, 1944 PDF: 61; in Pseudomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1953f PDF: 214. |
Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex longinoda: Brown, 1949a PDF: 43; Kempf, 1961a PDF: 370; of Pseudomyrmex variabilis: Ward, 1989a PDF: 439; of Pseudomyrmex bicolor, Pseudomyrmex canescens, Pseudomyrmex dimidiata, Pseudomyrmex glabriventris, Pseudomyrmex mexicana, Pseudomyrmex pilosula, Pseudomyrmex sericata, Pseudomyrmex velifera, Pseudomyrmex volatilis and material of the unavailable name Pseudomyrmex guayaquilensis referred here: Ward, 1993 PDF: 155; of Pseudomyrmex atrinoda: Wild, 2007B PDF: 55. |
Current subspecies: nominal plus Pseudomyrmex gracilis argentinus. |
See also: Ward, 1999B PDF: 521. |
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Pseudomyrmex gracilis | Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 40, (download) | 40 | 21367 | ||
Pseudomyrmex gracilis | Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 55, (download) | 55 | 21367 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 62 times found in tropical dry forest, 39 times found in edge of second-growth rainforest, 36 times found in rainforest edge, 41 times found in montane wet forest, 31 times found in roadside vegetation, 29 times found in rainforest, 26 times found in roadside edge, 20 times found in roadside, 14 times found in 2º lowland rainforest, 26 times found in tropical moist forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 119 times on low vegetation, 74 times ex dead twig, 33 times beating vegetation, 19 times Malaise trap, 10 times ex dead twig of Gliricidia sepium, 7 times ex dead twig of vine, 9 times ex dead weed stalk, 12 times nest in twig above ground, 12 times strays, 7 times ex swollen-thorn Acacia, 9 times felled tree, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 58 times Fogging, 64 times Malaise, 50 times search, 39 times Beating, 28 times Malaise trap, 34 times canopy fogging, 29 times direct collection, 12 times hand collecting, 12 times sweeping, 9 times blacklight trap, 11 times beating vegetation, ...
Elevations: collected from 1 - 2480 meters, 350 meters average
Type specimens: Holotype of Pseudomyrma canescens: casent0902843; Holotype of Pseudomyrma volatilis: casent0902846; Holotype of Pseudomyrms sericata: casent0902845; Lectotype of Pseudomyrma pilosula: casent0902844; Lectotype of Pseudomyrma variabilis: casent0902842; syntype of Pseudomyrma gracilis atrinoda: casent0915509; syntype of Pseudomyrma gracilis glabriventris: casent0915507; syntype of Pseudomyrma gracilis mexicana guayaquilensis: casent0907478; type of Pseudomyrma bicolor: focol0524