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Genus: Mycocepurus   Forel, 1893 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

6 species

Mycocepurus Forel, 1893h PDF: 602 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Atta smithii, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 167. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Mycocepurus Forel, 1893b PDF: 164, nomen nudum. Mycocepurus also described as new by Forel, 1893j PDF: 369.].
Mycocepurus in Myrmicinae: Forel, 1893j PDF: 369.
Mycocepurus in Cryptoceridae, Dacetonini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Mycocepurus in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 770; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Emery, 1913c PDF: 251; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f: 334; all subsequent authors.
Mycocepurus as subgenus of Atta: Forel, 1893h PDF: 602; Forel, 1893j PDF: 369; Wheeler, 1907d PDF: 670; Wheeler, 1910a: 141.
Mycocepurus as genus: Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 167; Emery, 1913c PDF: 251; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f: 334; all subsequent authors.
[Mycetopurus Santschi, 1925b PDF: 17, incorrect subsequent spelling. (Perhaps a combination in error of Myceto(phylax) + (Mycoce)Mycocepurus purus: Bolton, 1995b: 36).].
Genus Mycocepurus references
Emery, 1924f: 334 (diagnosis, catalogue); Kempf, 1963b PDF: 417 (diagnosis, all species revision); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 146 (catalogue); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 358 (catalogue); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 269 (catalogue); Mayhé-Nunes & Meneguete, 2000: 6 (all species key); Mackay, Maes, et al. 2004: 2 (North and Central America species key).

Taxon Page Images:



Inside the fungus garden of the asexual ant Mycocepurus smithii. Panama
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

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

Nearctic Region: Puebla
Neotropical Region: Alajuela, Amazonas, Americas, Aragua, Argentina, Atlántida, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Chiapas, Chontales, Colombia, Concepción, Costa Caribe Norte, Costa Caribe Sur, Costa Rica, Cuba, Darién, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gracias a Dios, Guadeloupe, Guanacaste, Guantánamo, Guyana, Haiti, Heredia, Holguín, Honduras, Limón, Madre de Dios, Matagalpa, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mexico, Minas Gerais, Misiones, Nacional, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Paraná, Pará, Peru, Puerto Rico, Puntarenas, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Salvador, Santiago de Cuba, South America, Suriname, São Paulo, Tamaulipas, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Veracruz

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Mycocepurus   Kempf, W. W., 1963, A review of the ant genus Mycocepurus Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Studia Entomologica (N. S.) 6, pp. 417-432: 418-419, (download) 418-419 4571
Mycocepurus   Forel, A., 1893, Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent. Récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith., Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893, pp. 333-418: 369, (download) 369 3948


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