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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
Trachymyrmex
›
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Trachymyrmex
septentrionalis
(McCook, 1881)
valid
Atta septentrionalis
McCook, 1881a
: 362 (w.) U.S.A. (New Jersey). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: U.S.A.: New Jersey, Island Heights, N bank Tom’s River, ix.1880 (
H.C. McCook
or
G.K. Morris
). Type-depository: no material known to exist.
Wheeler, 1907d
: 707 (q.m.);
Wheeler, 1949
: 673 (l.)
Combination in
Atta (Trachymyrmex)
:
Wheeler, 1907d
: 706;
Forel, 1912f
: 182.
Combination in
Cyphomyrmex (Trachymyrmex)
:
Emery, 1924f
: 345.
Combination in
Trachymyrmex
:
Gallardo, 1916c
: 242;
Creighton, 1950a
: 321;
Solomon
et al.
, 2019
: 948.
Subspecies of
Atta tardigrada
:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 154.
Junior synonym of
Atta tardigrada
:
Forel, 1885a
: 358;
Mayr, 1886d
: 442;
Cresson, 1887
: 259;
Emery, 1895d
: 329.
Status as species:
Wheeler, 1902g
: 29;
Wheeler, 1904f
: 303;
Wheeler, 1905j
: 386;
Wheeler, 1907d
: 706 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1910a
: 568;
Wheeler, 1911i
: 245;
Wheeler, 1913d
: 115;
Emery, 1924f
: 345;
Wheeler, 1932a
: 12;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940
: 99;
Creighton, 1950a
: 321;
Smith, 1951c
: 831;
Smith, 1958c
: 138;
Weber, 1958b
: 52;
Carter, 1962a
: 7 (in list);
Smith, 1967a
: 363;
Smith, 1979
: 1411;
Petralia & Vinson, 1980
: 383;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988
: 143;
Deyrup
et al.
, 1989
: 98;
Bolton, 1995b
: 421;
Deyrup, 2003
: 47;
Coovert, 2005
: 101;
MacGown & Forster, 2005
: 69;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17 (redescription);
Deyrup, 2017
: 155.
Senior synonym of
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis obscurior
:
Weber, 1958b
: 52;
Smith, 1967a
: 363;
Smith, 1979
: 1411;
Bolton, 1995b
: 421;
Coovert, 2005
: 101;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17.
Senior synonym of
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis seminole
:
Weber, 1958b
: 52;
Smith, 1967a
: 363;
Smith, 1979
: 1412;
Bolton, 1995b
: 421;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17.
Senior synonym of
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis vertebrata
:
Creighton, 1950a
: 323;
Weber, 1958b
: 53;
Smith, 1958c
: 138;
Smith, 1979
: 1412;
Bolton, 1995b
: 421;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17.
Synonym of
Trachymyrmex virginiana
(
nomen oblitum
):
Wheeler, 1902g
: 29;
Wheeler, 1907d
: 706;
Emery, 1924f
: 345;
Smith, 1951c
: 831;
Smith, 1979
: 1411;
Bolton, 1995b
: 421;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17 (
nomen oblitum
).
Material of the unavailable name
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis obscurior crystallina
referred here by
Weber, 1958b
: 53;
Smith, 1979
: 1412;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17.
Material of the unavailable name
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis obscurior irrorata
referred here by
Weber, 1958b
: 53;
Smith, 1979
: 1412;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 17.
Junior synonyms
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis obscurior
(Wheeler, 1907)
Obsolete combination(s):
Atta septentrionalis obscurior
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis seminole
(Smith, 1930)
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis vertebrata
(Wheeler, 1911)
Obsolete combination(s):
Atta septentrionalis vertebrata
Trachymyrmex virginiana
(Buckley, 1867)
Obsolete combination(s):
Oecodoma virginiana
Obsolete combinations
Atta septentrionalis
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.
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