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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Megaponera
›
Megaponera analis
Megaponera
analis
(Latreille, 1802)
valid
Formica analis
Latreille, 1802a
: 282
Replacement name for
Megaponera foetens
Fabricius, 1793
. [Junior primary homonym of
Formica foetens
Olivier, 1792
.]
[Note:
Latreille, 1802a
: 282 (in text): “J’ai changé le nom de M. Fabricius, le naturaliste Olivier l’ayant déjà employé pour une autre espèce”.]
Combination in
Megaponera
:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 30.
Combination in
Pachycondyla
:
Brown, 1995a
: 302.
Combination in
Megaponera
:
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
: 107.
Junior synonym of
Megaponera foetens
:
Fabricius, 1804
: 401;
Roger, 1860
: 310;
Gerstäcker, 1862
: 504;
Roger, 1863b
: 17;
Mayr, 1863a
: 428;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 30;
Emery, 1911e
: 68;
Wheeler, 1922
: 767.
Status as species:
Bolton, 1995b
: 302;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 220;
Madl, 2019
: 17.
Senior synonym of
Megaponera abyssinica
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 302.
Senior synonym of
Megaponera dohrni
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 302.
Senior synonym of
Megaponera laeviuscula
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 302.
Junior synonyms
Megaponera abyssinica
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
Obsolete combination(s):
Ponera abyssinica
Megaponera dohrni
Emery, 1902
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla dohrni
Megaponera laeviuscula
(Gerstäcker, 1859)
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla laeviuscula
,
Ponera laeviuscula
Obsolete combinations
Formica analis
Pachycondyla analis
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
M. a. amazon
Santschi, 1935
M. a. crassicornis
(Gerstäcker, 1859)
M. a. rapax
Santschi, 1914
M. a. subpilosa
Santschi, 1937
M. a. termitivora
(Santschi, 1930)
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1995a.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in
Pachycondyla
and
Neoponera
attributed to Brown.].
Pp. 302-311 in:
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Fabricius, J. C.
1804.
Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp.
PDF
Gerstäcker, A.
1862.
Hymenoptera Hautflügler.
Pp. 439-526 in:
Peters, W. C. H.
1862.
Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt.
Berlin: G. Reimer, 21 + 566 pp.
PDF
Hita Garcia, F.
;
Wiesel, E.
;
Fischer, G.
2013.
The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.
Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222.
PDF
Latreille, P. A.
1802a.
Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes.
Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp.
PDF
Madl, M.
2019.
Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist.
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B Für Botanik Und Zoologie 121:9-18.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Roger, J.
1860.
Die
Ponera
-artigen Ameisen.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4:278-312.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Schmidt, C. A.
;
Shattuck, S. O.
2014.
The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior.
Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242.
10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 5 valid subspecies
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