MCZ Entomology 29300

Acanthostichus texanus Forel, 1904

Lectotype of Ctenopyga townsendi  
  Syntype of Ctenopyga townsendi

Date Collected:

1895-05-06/1896-05-06

North America: Mexico | La Puerta

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:29300 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Acanthostichus texanus Forel, 1904
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Dorylinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Acanthostichus townsendi (Ashmead, 1906)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Dorylinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: currently filed under this name 10/16
Ctenopyga townsendi Ashmead, 1906
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Formicoidea Formicidae Dorylinae
Determiner: William H. Ashmead on 1906-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Ashmead 1906, page 29, Syntype of Ctenopyga townsendi Ashmead, 1906
Mackay 1996, page 170, Lectotype of Ctenopyga townsendi Ashmead, 1906
Media type: text; Ashmead 1906 Description: Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus <i>Ctenopyga </i>Ashm;

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Shows Publication: Ashmead 1906 Description: Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus Ctenopyga Ashm

Media type: text; Mackay 1996 Description: Revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).;

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  • collector number: 292
  • type number: 29300

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good in collection 1 History
caste = male  

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  • Lectotype Mackay desg.; M.C.Z. Syntype 29300

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005560 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • La Puerta
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • La Puerta; 292 Mex.
  • Locality Remarks:
  • See p. 170 of https://antwiki.org/wiki/images/8/88/MacKay_1996.pdf - likely type locality is somewhere in "northeastern Mexico" - TJS, 10/19/2020
  • Georeference:
  • 26.0486990°, -101.40065° (Error radius: 625368m) By: Toby Shaya on 2020-10-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1895-05-06 / 1896-05-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 6 May 95
  • Collector:
  • Charles Henry Tyler Townsend

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Media type: text; Entomology 29313; 29314; 29315; 29316; 29317; 29318; 29319; 29322; 29323; 29325; 29326; 29327; 29328; 29306; 29307; 29308; 29310; 29284; 29285; 29286; 29287; 29288; 29289; 29290; 29291; 29292; 29293; 29294; 29295; 29296; 29297; 29301; 29302; 29303; 29304; 29305; 29309; 29312; 29320; 29321; 29329; 29333; 29334; 29335; 29336; 29337; 29338; 29339; 29340; 29341; 29342; 29343; 29298; 29299; 29311; 29300; 29324; 29330; 29331; 29332 Description: MCZ Entomology Types 023314-031953, pg.102;

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