Species: Pseudomyrmex euryblemma

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Pseudomyrma euryblemma Forel, 1899f PDF: 90 (w.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela (Alfaro). Primary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 218

Status as species: Enzmann, 1944 PDF: 73; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 218; Ward, 1989a PDF: 437; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 375; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Wild, 2007b PDF: 40; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 264; Ward, 2019 PDF: 1103.

Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex kurokii: Ward, 1989a PDF: 437; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 376; Bolton, 1995b: 372.

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Distribution:

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

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Canindeyú

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

euryblemma (ForelHNS 1899b).

Canindeyú (ALWC).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 9 times found in edge of second-growth rainforest, 6 times found in rainforest, 2 times found in montane rainforest edge, 2 times found in roadside edge, 5 times found in SSO 350m, 5 times found in montane wet forest, 4 times found in rainforest edge, 1 times found in moist forest, 4 times found in terra firme, 3 times found in pasture, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 14 times on low vegetation, 2 times Inga tree-fall, 5 times Spondias mombin, 1 times ex dead twig of Tecoma stans, 2 times ex dead twig Inga, 4 times at fallen branch of Pentaclethra macroloba, 4 times Anacardium excelsum, 1 times foragers on treefall, 2 times ex dead twig Tecoma stans, 3 times ex dead twig Anacardium occidentale, 2 times recent tree-fall, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 20 times canopy fogging, 16 times Fogging, 6 times search, 8 times Malaise, 3 times pyrethrum canopy fogging, 2 times trampa Malaise, 1 times beating low vegetation, 00-11 times beating vegetation, 10, 00 am-12 times beating vegetation, 11, 1 times by hand, 1 times En Trampa Malaise, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1400 meters, 306 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1920-08-19 00:00:00.0 and 2018-08-25 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Pseudomyrma kurokii: casent0907545

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Species: Pseudomyrmex euryblemma (Forel, 1899)

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