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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Formicini
›
Raptiformica
Raptiformica
Forel, 1913
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Formica
Linnaeus, 1758 feminine
Raptiformica
Forel, 1913j
: 361 [as subgenus of
Formica
] Type-species:
Formica sanguinea
, by original designation.
Raptiformica
as subgenus of
Formica
:
Emery, 1916a
: 257;
Forel, 1917
: 250;
Emery, 1925d
: 258;
Donisthorpe, 1943h
: 723;
Creighton, 1950a
: 460.
Raptiformica
as junior synonym of
Formica
:
Wheeler, 1922
: 699 (footnote);
Smith, 1951c
: 860;
Smith, 1979
: 1448;
Agosti, 1994b
: 107;
Bolton, 1995b
: 45;
Tang
et al.
, 1995
: 103;
Bolton, 2003
: 128.
[Note: many authors retain
Raptiformica
as a subgenus of
Formica
; the name is often encountered in the regional literature.]
Obsolete classifications
Formica (Raptiformica)
Citations
Agosti, D.
1994b.
The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus.
Systematic Entomology 19:93-117.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
2003.
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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Creighton, W. S.
1950a.
The ants of North America.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585.
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Donisthorpe, H.
1943h.
A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.].
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:721-737.
Emery, C.
1916a ("1915").
Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae.
Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47:79-275.
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Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
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Forel, A.
1913j.
Notes sur quelques
Formica
.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:360-361.
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Forel, A.
1917.
Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253.
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Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Hurd, P. D.
;
Smith, D. R.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1979.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata).
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
Krombein, K. V.
;
Townes, H. K.
(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420.
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Tang, J.
;
Li, S.
;
Huang, E.
;
Zhang, B.
;
Chen, Y.
1995.
Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). [In Chinese.].
Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp.
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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