Hypoponera opaciceps
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Description
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr 1887).
Ponera opaciceps Mayr 1887: 536. [lectotype w examined, NHMW; Santa Catharina, Brazil]
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr). Taylor 1967: 11.
Ponera opaciceps var. postangustata Forel 1908b: 343. NEW SYNONYMY. [holotype w examined, MHNG; San Bernadino, Cordillera, Paraguay (Fiebrig)].
Hypoponera opaciceps postangustata (Forel). Kempf 1972: 123.
Forel (1908h) distinguished the variety postangustata from H. opaciceps on the basis of having a more convex head shape, but having examined and photographed both Mayr’s and Ford's types, I can find no discernable difference in shape. Both ants are remarkably similar in most respects except for color- the H. opaciceps type is piceous while H. postangustata is ferruginous. In any case, H. opaciceps is variable in many characters even within nest series. Ford's H. postangustata type falls well within the bounds of variation of H. opaciceps and I synonomize it here.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/10AD5E722F7DBD4A2060FF94255F7124 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/B08DA0DB-EEC0-4ED3-9FBE-59328B034102 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/E2616977DF058905E7195E5D3D349BA8 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100131866 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MHNG , NHMW
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Hypoponera
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- opaciceps
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , lectotype