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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Harpegnathos
›
Harpegnathos venator
Harpegnathos
venator
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Drepanognathus venator
Smith, 1858a
: 82 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Madras (= Chennai), “50/103”. Type-depository:
BMNH
.
Forel, 1900d
: 64 (q.m.)
Combination in
Drepanognathus
:
Mayr, 1863a
: 408;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 22.
Combination in
Harpegnathos
:
Roger, 1861a
: 32;
Roger, 1863b
: 22;
Emery, 1889
: 494.
Status as species:
Roger, 1861a
: 32;
Mayr, 1863a
: 408;
Roger, 1863b
: 22;
Smith, 1871a
: 320;
Emery, 1889
: 494;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 22;
Emery, 1895m
: 458;
Forel, 1900d
: 60;
Bingham, 1903
: 51;
Forel, 1906b
: 92;
Emery, 1911e
: 59;
Forel, 1912o
: 52;
Wheeler, 1930k
: 58;
Donisthorpe, 1937b
: 199;
Menozzi, 1939a
: 327;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 67;
Bolton, 1995b
: 212;
Tiwari, 1999
: 22;
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
: 275;
Zhou, 2001a
: 48;
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005
: 23;
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 56;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 58;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 50;
Jaitrong
et al.
, 2016
: 42;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 144;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 121.
Obsolete combinations
Drepanognathus venator
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
H. v. chapmani
Donisthorpe, 1937
H. v. rugosus
(Mayr, 1862)
Citations
Bharti, H.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Bharti, M.
;
Economo, E. P.
2016.
An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 551:1-83.
PDF
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1937b.
A new species of
Harpegnathos
Jerd., with some remarks on the genus, and other known species (Hym. Formicidae).
Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 73:196-201.
PDF
Emery, C.
1889.
Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). Dummy reference.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 27[=(2)7]:485-520.
Emery, C.
1895m.
Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 34[=(2)14]:450-483.
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1900d.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VI.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13:52-65.
PDF
Forel, A.
1906b.
Les fourmis de l'Himalaya.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42:79-94.
PDF
Forel, A.
1912o.
Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Supplement 15("Erster Band"):51-78.
PDF
Guénard, B.
;
Dunn, R. R.
2012.
A checklist of the ants of China.
Zootaxa 3358:1-77.
PDF
Jaitrong, W.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Buddhakala, N.
;
Yamane, S.
2016.
A checklist of known ant species of Laos.
Asian Myrmecology 8:17-48.
PDF
Jaitrong, W.
;
Nabhitabhata, J.
2005.
A list of known ant species of Thailand (Formicidae: Hymenoptera).
The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1):9-54.
PDF
Khachonpisitsak, S.
;
Yamane, S.
;
Sriwichai, P.
;
Jaitrong, W.
2020.
An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 998:1-182.
10.3897/zookeys.998.54902
PDF
Mathew, R.
;
Tiwari, R. N.
2000.
Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae.
Pp. 251-409 in:
Director
;
Zoological Survey of India
(ed.) 2000.
Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000.
Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1939a.
Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 78:285-345.
PDF
Pfeiffer, M.
;
Mezger, D.
;
Hosoishi, S.
;
Bakhtiar, E. Y.
;
Kohout, R. J.
2011.
The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list.
Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58.
PDF
Roger, J.
1861a.
Die
Ponera
-artigen Ameisen (Schluss).
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
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.
1871a.
A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part].
Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:285-348.
PDF
Tiwari, R. N.
1999.
Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96.
PDF
Wang, W. Y.
;
Soh, E. J. Y.
;
Yong, G. W. J.
;
Wong, M. K. L.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Yamane, S.
2022.
Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy.
Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006:1-152. [online early]
10.20362/am.015006
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1930k.
A list of the known Chinese ants.
Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81.
PDF
Zhou, S.
2001a.
Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.].
Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp.
PDF
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