Sericomyrmex opacus Mayr 1865

Sericomyrmex opacus Mayr, 1865 PDF: 84, pl. 3, fig. 22 (q.) [Note: type-locality Mexico (Veracruz), after Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 78]. BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic. Primary type information: MEXICO, Veracruz, Córdoba, [18.8808, -96.9272], E. Norton; CASENT0915956; NHMW AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 71.Mayr, 1866a PDF: 506 (m.); Emery, 1894d PDF: 223 (w.); Wheeler, 1916c PDF: 11 (w.); Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 75 (l.).Status as species: Mayr, 1866a PDF: 506; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 150; Emery, 1894d PDF: 223; Forel, 1895b PDF: 138; Wheeler, 1905c PDF: 130; Forel, 1912f PDF: 191 (in key); Wheeler, 1916c PDF: 11 (in key); Emery, 1924f PDF: 339; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 128; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 382; Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 71 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 874.Senior synonym of Sericomyrmex aztecus: Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 72.Senior synonym of Sericomyrmex diego: Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 72.Senior synonym of Sericomyrmex zacapanus: Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839 PDF: 72.

Mas.: Long. 5.3 mm. Testaceus, opacus, flavide pubescens et pilosus, mandibulis nitidissimis laevibus, oculis nigris, alis infuscatis costis testaceo-fuscis.

Von Rio de Janeiro; die beiden gefluegelten Geschlechter im zoologischen Museum in Halle.

Sericomyrmex opacus is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.