Species: Megalomyrmex incisus

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2022)

Megalomyrmex (Wheelerimyrmex) incisus Smith, 1947e PDF: 102 (w.) PANAMA (Barro Colorado I.). Neotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I., vi.-x.1943, no. 5105 (J. Zetek). Type-depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 29 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: MCZC, MZSP, USNM. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Brandão, 1990b PDF: 451 (m.); Brandão, 2003b PDF: 157 (q.)

Status as species: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 105; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 140; Brandão, 1990b PDF: 450 (redescription); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 355; Bolton, 1995b: 249; Brandão, 2003b PDF: 157; Wild, 2007b PDF: 33; Longino, 2010 PDF: 45; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 258; Boudinot et al., 2013 PDF: 37 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 118; Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 806.

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Amambay

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55

incisus M.R. SmithHNS 1947.

Amambay (ALWC, INBP).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 15 times found in mesophil forest, 12 times found in lowland wet forest, 9 times found in 2º wet forest, 5 times found in tropical moist forest, 7 times found in mature rainforest, edge of forest near pasture and agricultural land, steep rocky terrain, 6 times found in tropical rainforest, 6 times found in 2º lowland tropical rainforest, 5 times found in Bamboo forest, 6 times found in lowland rainforest, 2 times found in forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 81 times ex sifted leaf litter, 4 times Malaise trap, 2 times LeafLitter, 1 times ex sifted litter, 1 times ex sifted litter, rotten wood, 1 times Ex horjarasca, 1 times beating veg., 1 times at bait.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 50 times MiniWinkler, 22 times MaxiWinkler, 9 times winkler, 3 times Berlese, 5 times Malaise trap, 1 times Malaise, 2 times Winkler48h, 1 times beating, 1 times baiting.

Elevations: collected from 30 - 1100 meters, 470 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1971-02-19 00:00:00.0 and 2016-06-10 00:00:00.0

Type specimens:

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Species: Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, 1947

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