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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Cerapachyinae
Cerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Dorylinae
Leach, 1815
Cerapachysii
Forel, 1893b
: 162 Type-genus:
Cerapachys
Cerapachyinae
as group of
Dorylinae
:
Emery, 1901b
: 36 [
Cerapachinae
].
Cerapachyidae
as family:
Bernard, 1951c
: 1046 [
Cerapachyidae
];
Bernard, 1953b
: 215 [
Cerapachyidae
].
Cerapachyinae
as junior synonym of
Ponerinae
:
Brown, 1975
: 14;
Snelling, 1981
: 387;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 10.
Cerapachyinae
as subfamily of
Formicidae
:
Wheeler, 1902e
: 185 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Wheeler, 1920
: 53 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Wheeler, 1922
: 51, 638 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Donisthorpe, 1922b
: xlv;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 50;
Clark, 1924b
: 76;
Clark, 1934c
: 49;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 620;
Creighton, 1950a
: 56;
Clark, 1951
: 15 (in key);
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 17;
Smith, 1951c
: 781;
Brown, 1954e
: 26 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Kusnezov, 1956a
: 11;
Kusnezov, 1964
: 48;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972a
: 37;
Kempf, 1972b
: 263 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b
: 46;
Smith, 1979
: 1333;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b
: 256;
Ogata, 1987a
: 127;
Bolton, 1990a
: 66 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Bolton, 1990c
: 1356 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Brandão, 1991
: 390;
Baroni Urbani
et al.
, 1992
: 316;
Jaffe, 1993
: 9;
Bolton, 1994
: 18 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Bolton, 1995b
: 10 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Wu & Wang, 1995a
: 47;
Bolton, 2003
: 32, 137 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Brady & Ward, 2005
: 593 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Brady
et al.
, 2006
: 18173 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Moreau
et al.
, 2006
: 102 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Ward, 2007c
: 555 [
Cerapachyinae
];
Perkovsky, 2016
: 115.
Cerapachyinae
as junior synonym of
Dorylinae
:
Brady
et al.
, 2014
: 5;
Borowiec, 2016
: 14.
Obsolete classifications
Cerapachyini
Subfamily
Cerapachyinae
references
See under
Cerapachyini
.
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PDF
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1990a.
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1990c.
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Identification guide to the ant genera of the world.
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1995b.
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2003.
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;
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;
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;
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PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1954e.
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PDF
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1975.
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PDF
Chapman, J. W.
;
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1951.
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Clark, J.
1924b.
Australian Formicidae.
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PDF
Clark, J.
1934c.
Ants from the Otway Ranges.
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1951.
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1950a.
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PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1922b ("1921").
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PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1943g.
A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part].
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:617-688.
Emery, C.
1901b.
Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54.
PDF
Forel, A.
1893b.
Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques.
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PDF
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;
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1990.
The ants.
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1993.
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1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
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PDF
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1956a.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
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;
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PDF
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1987a.
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PDF
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2016.
Tropical and Holarctic ants in Late Eocene ambers.
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PDF
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1979.
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Pp. 1323-1467 in:
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;
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;
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;
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(eds.) 1979.
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1951c.
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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1920.
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