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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F3D4D2633453FBEE" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[151,630,1093,1117]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F3D4D2633457FBEE" ID-CoL="47NPQ" authority="Westwood 1842" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1842" box="[151,626,1093,1117]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F3D4D263378EFBEF" bold="true" box="[151,427,1093,1117]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex esenbeckii</emphasis>
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(Westwood 1842)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3716516FFECFFE8F384D2433599FA2E" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D2433450FBCE" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,629,1125,1148]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D2433454FBCE" authority="Westwood 1842: 75" authorityName="Westwood" authorityPageNumber="75" authorityYear="1842" box="[199,625,1125,1148]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Labidus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D24337B7FBCE" box="[199,402,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Labidus esenbeckii</emphasis>
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Westwood 1842: 75
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D2A33578FB2E" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,861,1156,1180]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D2A3344EFB2E" authority="F. Smith 1855: 163" authorityName="F. Smith" authorityPageNumber="163" authorityYear="1855" box="[199,619,1157,1180]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicornis">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D2A337B0FB2E" box="[199,405,1157,1180]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Eciton crassicornis</emphasis>
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F. Smith 1855: 163
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F136D2A23578FB2E" bold="true" box="[629,861,1156,1180]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">NEW SYNONYMY.</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D2833563FB0E" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,838,1189,1212]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D2833459FB0E" authority="Westwood" authorityName="Westwood" box="[199,636,1189,1212]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii" subGenus="Labidus">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D2833728FB0E" box="[199,269,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Eciton</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F25FD2833757FB0E" box="[284,370,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Labidus</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F2C2D28337D5FB0E" box="[385,496,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">esenbeckii</emphasis>
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(Westwood)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Emery 1890b: 39.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D2E33560FB6E" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,837,1221,1244]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D2E33564FB6E" authority="F. Smith. Wheeler 1916: 324" authorityName="F. Smith. Wheeler" authorityPageNumber="324" authorityYear="1916" box="[199,833,1221,1244]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicornis" subGenus="Labidus">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D2E33728FB6E" box="[199,269,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Eciton</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F25FD2E33757FB6E" box="[284,370,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Labidus</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F2C2D2E33426FB6E" box="[385,515,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">crassicornis</emphasis>
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F. Smith. Wheeler 1916: 324
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D2C3354EFB4E" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,875,1253,1276]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D2C334AAFB4E" authority="Westwood" authorityName="Westwood" box="[199,655,1253,1276]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii" subGenus="Holopone">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D2C33728FB4E" box="[199,269,1253,1276]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Eciton</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F25FD2C337A0FB4E" box="[284,389,1253,1276]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Holopone</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F2D7D2C33426FB4E" box="[404,515,1253,1276]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">esenbeckii</emphasis>
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(Westwood)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Santschi 1925b: 11.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D3233584FAAE" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,929,1285,1308]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D323349FFAAE" authority="Westwood" authorityName="Westwood" box="[199,698,1285,1308]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii" subGenus="Nomamyrmex">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D3233728FAAE" box="[199,269,1285,1308]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Eciton</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F25FD3233795FAAE" box="[284,432,1285,1308]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F2FCD323340BFAAE" box="[447,558,1285,1308]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">esenbeckii</emphasis>
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(Westwood)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Borgmeier 1936: 55.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D30335A8FA8E" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,909,1317,1340]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D30335ACFA8E" authority="F. Smith. Borgmeier 1936: 55" authorityName="F. Smith. Borgmeier" authorityPageNumber="55" authorityYear="1936" box="[199,905,1317,1340]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicornis" subGenus="Nomamyrmex">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D3033728FA8E" box="[199,269,1317,1340]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Eciton</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F25FD3033795FA8E" box="[284,432,1317,1340]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F2FCD3033464FA8E" box="[447,577,1317,1340]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">crassicornis</emphasis>
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F. Smith. Borgmeier 1936: 55
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D3633564FAEE" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,833,1349,1372]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D363347FFAEE" authority="F. Smith" authorityName="F. Smith" box="[199,602,1349,1372]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicornis">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D36337C1FAEE" box="[199,484,1349,1372]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex crassicornis</emphasis>
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(F. Smith)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Borgmeier 1953: 14.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D3433519FACE" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,828,1381,1404]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D3433470FACE" authority="Westwood" authorityName="Westwood" box="[199,597,1381,1404]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbecki">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D34337ECFACE" box="[199,457,1381,1404]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex esenbecki</emphasis>
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(Westwood)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Borgmeier 1953: 14.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F384D3A33599FA2E" blockId="42.[151,956,1093,1436]" box="[199,956,1413,1436]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F384D3A334EDFA2E" authority="F. Smith" authorityName="F. Smith" box="[199,712,1413,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="esenbecki" subSpecies="crassicornis">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F384D3A33477FA2E" box="[199,594,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex esenbecki crassicornis</emphasis>
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(F. Smith)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Borgmeier 1955: 139.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3716516FFECFFE8F3D4D3EB32F2F88D" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F3D4D3EB3755F99B" blockId="42.[151,1436,1485,1855]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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The collections of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F227D3EB37DDFA56" box="[356,504,1485,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F227D3EB37DDFA56" box="[356,504,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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that I have examined from
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<collectingCountry id="F37C760DFFECFFE8F06FD3EB35AAFA56" box="[812,911,1485,1508]" name="Paraguay" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
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fall neatly into two species corresponding most commonly to
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F26ED3D63798F9B5" box="[301,445,1520,1543]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F26ED3D63798F9B5" box="[301,445,1520,1543]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. esenbeckii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and more rarely to
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F1D6D3D63523F9B5" box="[661,774,1520,1543]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hartigii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F1D6D3D63523F9B5" box="[661,774,1520,1543]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. hartigii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Watkins (1976) and Borgmeier (1955) provide characters to separate the species.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4369DFFECFFE8F385D01332F2F88D" blockId="42.[151,1436,1485,1855]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
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In contrast, literature records of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F165D013349FF9FE" box="[550,698,1589,1612]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F165D013349FF9FE" box="[550,698,1589,1612]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nomamyrmex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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<collectingCountry id="F37C760DFFECFFE8F1BDD0133544F9FE" box="[766,865,1589,1612]" name="Paraguay" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
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pertain to three forms,
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F727D01332F0F9FE" box="[1124,1237,1589,1612]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hartigii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F727D01332F0F9FE" box="[1124,1237,1589,1612]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. hartigii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Borgmeier 1955, Santschi 1916),
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F20FD07E37FBF9DD" box="[332,478,1624,1647]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F20FD07E37FBF9DD" box="[332,478,1624,1647]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. esenbeckii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Borgmeier 1955, Santschi 1929a), and
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F0E4D07E32E3F9DD" box="[935,1222,1624,1647]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="esenbeckii" subSpecies="crassicornis">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F0E4D07E32E3F9DD" box="[935,1222,1624,1647]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. esenbeckii crassicornis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Forel 1906, Forel 1908b, Forel 1909). The literature records of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F1CBD05C3586F923" box="[648,931,1658,1681]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="esenbeckii" subSpecies="crassicornis">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F1CBD05C3586F923" box="[648,931,1658,1681]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. esenbeckii crassicornis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, a subspecies generally known from the more tropical regions of South
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<collectingCountry id="F37C760DFFECFFE8F2E6D0BB3421F906" box="[421,516,1693,1716]" name="United States of America" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">America</collectingCountry>
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, are based on Forel’s identifications. Thus, the presence of three forms in the literature is likely an artifact of differing conceptions on the part of earlier taxonomists. Regardless of these conceptual differences, the subspecies of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F21AD0C437CCF94B" box="[345,489,1762,1785]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii">
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<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F21AD0C437CCF94B" box="[345,489,1762,1785]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. esenbeckii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are largely allopatric across the Neotropics (Watkins 1976). Gordon Snelling, who has examined material from throughout the region, provides a detailed case for the synonymy of all of them at www.armyants.org. I concur with Snelling’s reasoning and synonymize
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F061D10E35E6F88D" box="[802,963,1832,1855]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nomamyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F061D10E35E6F88D" box="[802,963,1832,1855]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. crassicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D1EFFECFFE8F74ED10E32BEF88D" box="[1037,1179,1832,1855]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eciton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esenbeckii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91FEA8FFFECFFE8F74ED10E32BEF88D" box="[1037,1179,1832,1855]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. esenbeckii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
here.
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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