Catalogue of the Dolichoderinae, Formicinae and Martialinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) types deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Mônica Antunes Ulysséa,Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão,Lívia Pires Do Prado

doi:10.11606/0031-1049.2017.57.23

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Abstract

This catalogue lists types of three ant subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Formicinae and Martialinae) housed in the Formicidae Collection of the Hymenoptera Laboratory, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil. It provides label information, morphological condition of specimens, nomenclatural changes, and type status, following recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Here we present information on types of 101 nominal species, of which 96 are still valid. Eight species are only represented by holotypes, 27 species only by paratypes, seven by holotypes and paratypes, 56 species by syntypes, two species by paralectotypes and one species by a lectotype and paralectotypes. With this issue we complete the publication of information regarding all MZSP ant types, summing 4,741 specimens of 892 nomenclaturally valid species.

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Natural history museum collections have been recognized as rich sources of data that can contribute to a wide range of studies (Burgman et al, 1995; Wheeler et al, 2004; Johnson et al, 2011) due to its role as repositories of inventories (Lister & Climate Change Research Group, 2011) and cradle of the description, nomenclature and classification of biodiversity on Earth
Label information was completely transcribed, and contrasted with data published in the original description – found on AntWiki and AntCat websites – and with records listed in Thomaz Borgmeier, Walter Wolfgang Kempf, and MZSP collection catalogues
17 genera and three subfamilies are represented by these types in the MZSP Ant Collection: Dolichoderinae – Anillidris, Azteca, Dolichoderus, Dorymyrmex, Forelius, Gracilidris, Leptomyrmex, Linepithema, Tapinoma and Technomyrmex; Formicinae – Acropyga, Brachymyrmex, Camponotus, Lasius, Myrmelachista and Nylanderia; and Martialinae – Martialis (Appendix 1)

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Introduction

Natural history museum collections have been recognized as rich sources of data that can contribute to a wide range of studies (Burgman et al, 1995; Wheeler et al, 2004; Johnson et al, 2011) due to its role as repositories of inventories (Lister & Climate Change Research Group, 2011) and cradle of the description, nomenclature and classification of biodiversity on Earth. This catalogue lists types of three ant subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Formicinae and Martialinae) housed in the Formicidae Collection of the Hymenoptera Laboratory, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil. Label information was completely transcribed, and contrasted with data published in the original description – found on AntWiki and AntCat websites (www.antwiki.org and www.antcat.org, respectively) – and with records listed in Thomaz Borgmeier, Walter Wolfgang Kempf, and MZSP collection catalogues. 17 genera and three subfamilies are represented by these types in the MZSP Ant Collection: Dolichoderinae – Anillidris, Azteca, Dolichoderus, Dorymyrmex, Forelius, Gracilidris, Leptomyrmex, Linepithema, Tapinoma and Technomyrmex; Formicinae – Acropyga, Brachymyrmex, Camponotus, Lasius, Myrmelachista and Nylanderia; and Martialinae – Martialis (Appendix 1).

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