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

Based in the most biodiverse region on the planet, the collection of the National Institute of Research in the Amazon is home to millions of preserved organisms collected in the Amazon rainforest. The oldest collections are more than 60 years old and have already witnessed major changes in the Amazon biota. The myrmecological collection received its first specimens in the early 1970s. Currently, this collection has more than 300 thousand specimens mounted on pins, divided into 225 drawers, distributed in nine columns in an entire corridor between the compacting cabinets. The fluid preserved collection, the CD boxes and slides all together have an equal volume and perhaps a higher quantity of specimens. In total, the Formicidae collection includes representatives of 13 subfamilies and representatives from 108 genera, among Brazilian species and from other countries, as well as from other biogeographic regions. The collection also receives a lot of attention for being the world’s largest collection of males of the species Martialis heureka, with a total of 21 specimens. Considered one of the five biggest biodiversity repositories in the country, the collections of the Amazon biota maintained by INPA are invaluable, recognized nationally and internationally for their strategic importance and representativeness of the Amazon fauna, flora and microbiota.

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A mirmecologia brasileira no século XXI: a coleção do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Neste trabalho descrevemos uma nova especie de formiga do genero MonacisRoger,da Amazonia Brasileira, a qual denominamos de Monacis inpain. sp. Estamos incluindo, tambem, uma chave para identificacao especifica, deste genero, publicada por Kempf (1959) com modificacoes que inserem esta especie.

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v16/1809-4392-aa-16-0599.pdf

Ana Yoshi Harada

Papers

Uma nova espécie do gênero Monacis Roger, da Amazônia (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE).