Paratrechina docilis (Forel, Wild, A. L., 2007

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 45

publication ID	21367
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B08DA0DB-EEC0-4ED3-9FBE-59328B034102
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239890
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/978D5DFE-B106-EE00-4667-2075EAA357C8
treatment provided by	Thomas
scientific name	Paratrechina docilis (Forel
status	NEW STATUS

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Paratrechina docilis (Forel HNS 1908b). NEW STATUS.

Prenolepis vividula subsp. docilis Forel HNS 1908b: 402. [w syntypes examined, MHNG; São Paulo, Brazil] .

Paratrechina (Nylanderia) vividula subsp. docilis (Forel) HNS . Emery 1925: 223.

Nylanderia vividula docilis (Forel) HNS . Kempf 1972: 168.

Pararechina vividula docilis (Forel) HNS . Brandão 1991: 368.

Forel’s P. docilis HNS , described from southeastern Brazil and recorded in eastern Paraguay from a variety of forest habitats, cannot be considered conspecific with the cosmopolitan tramp species P. vividula (Nylander) HNS . Paratrechina vividula HNS is likely native to North America (Trager 1984) and has not been recorded from Paraguay. Several consistent morphological differences separate the workers of the two forms. The pilosity on the antennal scapes of P. vividula HNS is fine, sparse, and shorter in length than the width of the scape, whereas the pilosity on the scapes of P. docilis HNS is stout, black, and at least as long as the width of the scape. The gastric pubescence of P. docilis HNS is sparser than that of P. vividula HNS , and color of P. docilis HNS is normally a clear orange-yellow, lighter than the testaceous to brown color range seen in P. vividula HNS .