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Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-02
Page range: 33–56
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Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré 481, São Paulo, SP, 04263–000, Brazil.
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás – Campus Jataí, Unidade Jatobá, Jataí, GO 75801615.
Hymenoptera Taxonomy Attini Myrmicinae ants Blepharidatta

Abstract

We revise the taxonomy of the exclusively Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta (Attini), redescribing the known species (B. brasiliensis and B. conops), and describing two new species, B. delabiei sp. n. (Brazil: Bahia) and B. fernandezi  sp. n. (Colombia: Amazonas). We also describe worker sting apparatuses, larvae, males, and ergatoid gynes of all species, except for B. fernandezi, known only from few worker specimens; we provide a key for identifying workers, present distribution maps for all species and summarize the knowledge on the biology of Blepharidatta species.