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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
Cephalotes
›
Cephalotes membranaceus
Cephalotes
membranaceus
(Klug, 1824)
valid
Cryptocerus membranaceus
Klug, 1824
: 208 (w.) BRAZIL. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data) (sent by Dr de Olfers). Primary type depository:
MNHU
.
Kempf, 1973c
: 453 (s.q.)
Combination in
Cephalotes
:
Emery, 1914b
: 39.
Combination in
Zacryptocerus
:
Emery, 1915g
: 192;
Emery, 1924f
: 305;
Kempf, 1951
: 141.
Combination in
Cephalotes
:
Baroni Urbani, 1998b
: 326;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 294.
Status as species:
Guérin-Méneville, 1844a
: 426;
Smith, 1853
: 217;
Smith, 1858a
: 192;
Smith, 1862d
: 410;
Mayr, 1863a
: 406;
Roger, 1863b
: 38;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 143;
Forel, 1895b
: 134;
Forel, 1912f
: 199;
Emery, 1914b
: 39;
Emery, 1924f
: 305;
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 114;
Borgmeier, 1937b
: 244;
Kempf, 1951
: 141 (redescription);
Kempf, 1958a
: 135;
Kempf, 1963c
: 438;
Kempf, 1964b
: 254;
Kempf, 1972b
: 260;
Kempf, 1973c
: 453 (redescription);
Brandão, 1991
: 389;
Bolton, 1995b
: 426;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 294 (redescription);
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 23 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes fervidus
:
Kempf, 1958a
: 135;
Kempf, 1963c
: 438;
Kempf, 1972b
: 260;
Kempf, 1973c
: 453;
Bolton, 1995b
: 426;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 294;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 23 (in list).
Junior synonyms
Cephalotes fervidus
(Smith, 1876)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cryptocerus fervidus
Obsolete combinations
Cryptocerus membranaceus
Citations
Baroni Urbani, C.
1998b.
The number of castes in ants, where major is smaller than minor and queens wear the shield of the soldiers.
Insectes Sociaux 45:315-333.
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1927c.
Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae.
Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164.
PDF
Borgmeier, T.
1937b.
Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae).
Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255.
PDF
Brandão, C. R. F.
1991.
Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
De Andrade, M. L.
;
Baroni Urbani, C.
1999.
Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus
Cephalotes
, past and present.
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889.
PDF
Emery, C.
1914b.
Cephalotes
et
Cryptocerus
. Le type du genre
Crematogaster
.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 58:37-39.
PDF
Emery, C.
1915g.
Noms de sous-genres et de genres proposés pour la sous-famille des Myrmicinae. Modifications à la classification de ce groupe (Hymenoptera Formicidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1915:189-192.
PDF
Emery, C.
1924f ("1922").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].
Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397.
PDF
Forel, A.
1895b.
A fauna das formigas do Brazil.
Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139.
PDF
Forel, A.
1912f.
Formicides néotropiques. Part II. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (Attini, Dacetii, Cryptocerini).
Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19:179-209.
PDF
Guérin-Méneville, F. E.
1844a.
Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Insectes.
Paris: J. B. Baillière, 576 pp.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1951.
A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1958a.
New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1:1-168.
Kempf, W. W.
1963c.
Nota sinonímica acêrca de formigas da tribo Cephalotini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Revista Brasileira de Biologia 23:435-438.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1964b.
Additions to the knowledge of the Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 16:243-255.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1973c.
A new
Zacryptocerus
from Brazil, with remarks on the generic classification of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica 16:449-462.
PDF
Klug, F.
1824.
Entomologische Monographien.
Berlin: Reimer, 242 pp.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Oliveira, A. M.
;
Powell, S.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2021.
A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae:
Cephalotes
).
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early]
10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Smith, F.
1853 ("1854").
Monograph of the genus
Cryptocerus,
belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)2:213-228.
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Smith, F.
1862d.
A list of the genera and species belonging to the family Cryptoceridae, with descriptions of new species; also a list of the species of the genus
Echinopla
.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3)1:407-416.
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