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Genus: Typhlomyrmex   Mayr, 1862 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

7 species

Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 1862 PDF: 714 (diagnosis in key), 736. Type-species: Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Typhlomyrmex Gistel, 1856: 447, nomen nudum; see Wheeler, 1911c PDF: 858 and Brown, 1965c PDF: 66.].
Typhlomyrmex in Ponerinae: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 714 (in key) [Poneridae]; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 15 [Poneridae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 16.
Typhlomyrmex in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Forel, 1895b PDF: 111; Forel, 1899B: 2.
Typhlomyrmex in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 767; Wheeler, 1910a: 135; Emery, 1911e PDF: 33 [subtribe Typhlomyrmecini]; Forel, 1917 PDF: 236; Gallardo, 1918c PDF: 13; Wheeler, 1922: 642; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 734.
Typhlomyrmex in Ponerinae, Typhlomyrmecini: Brown, 1965c PDF: 65; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 256; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Jaffe, 1993: 8; Bolton, 1994: 164.
Typhlomyrmex in Ectatomminae, Typhlomyrmecini: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 46.
Genus Typhlomyrmex references: see Typhlomyrmecini

Taxon Page Images:



One of the rarest ants in the United States is this Typhlomyrmex. This individual was seen and photographed by Alex Wild in the mountains of southern Arizona in 2005, but has not been collected elsewhere. The species remains unnamed and is the only member of the genus to be found north of Mexico. [specimen record at AntWeb.] Portal, Arizona, USA.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Nearctic, Neotropical bioregions.

Nearctic Region: United States
Neotropical Region: Alajuela, Americas, Aragua, Argentina, Bahia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canindeyú, Caribbean, Cayo, Central, Central America, Chiapas, Chontales, Coclé, Colombia, Comayagua, Cordillera, Costa Caribe Norte, Costa Rica, Darién, Ecuador, Francisco Morazán, French Guiana, Gracias a Dios, Guadeloupe, Guanacaste, Guatemala, Guyana, Heredia, Honduras, Izabal, Jinotega, Lempira, Limón, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Matagalpa, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mexico, Minas Gerais, Nicaragua, Nueva Segovia, Oaxaca, Panama, Paraguay, Paraná, Peru, Petén, Pichincha, Puntarenas, San José, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, South America, Suchitepéquez, Suriname, Venezuela, Veracruz

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Typhlomyrmex   Brown, W. L., 1950, Morphological, taxonomic and other notes on ants., Wasmann Journal of Biology 8, pp. 241-250: 245, (download) 245 2360
Typhlomyrmex n. g.  Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 736, (download) 736 4445
Typhlomyrmex   Lacau, S., Villemant, C. & Delabie, J. H. C., 2004, Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)., Zootaxa 678, pp. 1-23: 1-3, (download) 1-3 20353


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