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Genus: Oxyepoecus   Santschi, 1926 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

21 species

Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926d PDF: 6. Type-species: Oxyepoecus bruchi, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Oxyepoecus in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 679.
Oxyepoecus in Myrmicinae, Solenopsis genus group: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 81; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 271.
Oxyepoecus in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Kusnezov, 1957b PDF: 269; Kusnezov, 1962b PDF: 160; Kusnezov, 1964 PDF: 61; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 173; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 1994: 106.
Genus Oxyepoecus references
Emery, 1922c PDF: 182 (Monomorium (Martia) diagnosis, catalogue); Borgmeier, 1927b: 65 (Monomorium (Martia) all species key); Kusnezov, 1952k PDF: 720 (Argentina species key); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 144 (diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 173 (catalogue); Kempf, 1974b PDF: 510 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1987 PDF: 286 (notes); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 364 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 301 (catalogue); Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004 PDF: 55 (Oxyepoecus vezenyii group revision, key); Albuquerque & Brandão, 2009 PDF: 292 (Oxyepoecus rastraus group revision, all species key); Delsinne & Mackay, 2011 PDF: 7 (Paraguay species key).

Taxon Page Images:



Oxyepoecus reticulatus worker in a rotting log. Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Neotropical bioregion.

Neotropical Region: Americas, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Canindeyú, Central, Chile, Colombia, Córdoba, Distrito Federal, Ecuador, Itapúa, Madre de Dios, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mexico, Minas Gerais, Orellana, Paraguay, Paraná, Pará, Peru, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, South America, São Paulo

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Oxyepoecus   Albuquerque, N. L. de & Brandão, C. R. F., 2009, A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). 2. Final. Key for species and revision of the rastratus species-group., Papeis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia 49, pp. 289-309: 291, (download) 291 22888
Oxyepoecus rosai n. sp.  Albuquerque, N. L. de & Brandão, C. R. F., 2009, A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). 2. Final. Key for species and revision of the rastratus species-group., Papeis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia 49, pp. 289-309: 304-307, (download) 304-307 22888


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