Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith 1944

Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith, 1944c PDF: 151 (w.q.) PANAMA. Neotropic. Primary type information: Type locality.-Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island (James Zetek). Described from a holotype worker and an allotype female. Two paratype females do not differ appreciably from the allotype. All of these are deposited in the United States National Museum under U.S. N. M. No. 56862. The ants were collected sometime during the period from June to October 1943, and bear the label, Zetek No. 5105. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Silva & Brandão, 2014 10.1007/s13744-013-0192-7 PDF: 162 (eq.q.w.).Status as species: Kempf, 1964e PDF: 67; Brown & Kempf, 1969 PDF: 94 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 53; Bolton, 1999 PDF: 1652; Bolton, 2000: 16; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2006 PDF: 820; Galvis & Fernández, 2009 PDF: 246; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 PDF: 39 (in key); Silva & Brandão, 2014 10.1007/s13744-013-0192-7 PDF: 163; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 114; Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 831.

Acanthognathus brevicornis is a species of ant belonging to the genus Acanthognathus. Described in 1944 by Smith, M.R., the species is native to northwestern South America.