Taxonomic history
Emery, 1890c PDF: 70 (q.m.).Combination in Glyptomyrmex: Emery, 1890c PDF: 70.Combination in Myrmicocrypta: Forel, 1911e PDF: 296.Subspecies of Myrmicocrypta squamosa: Forel, 1911e PDF: 296.Literature records: Cordillera (Forel 1911a).
The relationship of M. squamosa uncinata and M. squamosa squamosa is unclear (J. Sosa-Calvo, pers. comm). I have recorded a single common species in Paraguay related to M. squamosa , and Forel’s record (MHNG, examined) belongs to this species. M. squamosa is the older name, so I use it here.
[[worker]] San Bernardino Paraguay (Fiebrig).