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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Cerapachyinae
›
Acanthostichini
Acanthostichini
Emery, 1901
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Dorylinae
Leach, 1815
Acanthostichii
Emery, 1901b
: 34 Type-genus:
Acanthostichus
Acanthostichini
as tribe of
Dorylinae
:
Emery, 1901b
: 34 [Acanthostichii];
Emery, 1904a
: 116 [Acanthostichii].
Acanthostichini
as subfamily of
Dorylidae
:
Ashmead, 1905c
: 382 [Acanthostichinae];
Ashmead, 1906
: 28 [Acanthostichinae].
Acanthostichini
as tribe of
Dorylinae
:
Emery, 1901b
: 34 [
Dorylinae
, group
Cerapachyinae
, tribe
Acanthostichii
];
Emery, 1904a
: 116 [
Acanthostichii
];
Smith, 1979
: 1333 [
Acanthostichini
].
Acanthostichini
as tribe of
Ponerinae
:
Emery, 1911e
: 12;
Forel, 1917
: 239;
Gallardo, 1918c
: 6;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 619;
Brown, 1975
: 39;
Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988
: 79;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 10.
Acanthostichini
as subfamily of
Dorylidae
:
Ashmead, 1905c
: 382 [
Acanthostichinae
];
Ashmead, 1906
: 28 [
Acanthostichinae
].
Acanthostichini
as tribe of
Cerapachyinae
:
Wheeler, 1902e
: 184;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 137 [subtribe of Cerapachysii];
Wheeler, 1922
: 640;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b
: 256;
Bolton, 1990a
: 67;
Bolton, 1990c
: 1357;
Jaffe, 1993
: 9;
Bolton, 1994
: 19;
Bolton, 2003
: 33, 137.
Acanthostichini
as tribe of
Ponerinae
:
Emery, 1911e
: 12 [
Acanthostichini
];
Forel, 1917
: 239 [
Acanthostichini
];
Gallardo, 1918c
: 6;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 619;
Brown, 1975
: 39;
Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988
: 79;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 10.
Acanthostichini
as junior synonym of
Dorylinae
:
Brady
et al.
, 2014
: 5
Acanthostichini
as tribe of
Cerapachyinae
:
Wheeler, 1902e
: 184 [
Acanthostichii
];
Wheeler, 1910a
: 137 [subtribe of
Cerapachysii
];
Wheeler, 1922
: 640 [
Acanthostichini
];
Kempf, 1972b
: 263;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b
: 256;
Bolton, 1990a
: 67;
Bolton, 1990c
: 1357;
Brandão, 1991
: 390;
Jaffe, 1993
: 9;
Bolton, 1994
: 19;
Bolton, 1995b
: 8;
Bolton, 2003
: 33, 137.
Acanthostichini
as junior synonym of
Dorylinae
:
Brady
et al.
, 2014
: 5;
Borowiec, 2016
: 14.
Citations
Ashmead, W. H.
1905c.
A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea.
Canadian Entomologist 37:381-384.
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Ashmead, W. H.
1906.
Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus
Ctenopyga
Ashm.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 8:21-31.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1990a.
Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Journal of Natural History 24:53-68.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1990c.
Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Journal of Natural History 24:1339-1364.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1994.
Identification guide to the ant genera of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
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.
PDF
Borowiec, M. L.
2016.
Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 608:1-280.
10.3897/zookeys.608.9427
PDF
Brady, S. G.
;
Fisher, B. L.
;
Schultz, T. R.
;
Ward, P. S.
2014.
The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 (93):1-14.
10.1186/1471-2148-14-93
PDF
Brandão, C. R. F.
1991.
Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412.
PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1975.
Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini.
Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115.
PDF
Dlussky, G. M.
;
Fedoseeva, E. B.
1988.
Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. [In Russian.].
Pp. 70-144 in:
Ponomarenko, A. G.
(ed.) 1988.
Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. [In Russian.].
Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp.
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
Emery, C.
1904a.
Le affinità del genere
Leptanilla
e i limiti delle Dorylinae.
Archivio Zoologico Italiano 2:107-116.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1917.
Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253.
PDF
Gallardo, A.
1918c.
Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Ponerinas.
Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 30:1-112.
PDF
Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1990.
The ants.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Jaffe, K.
1993.
El mundo de las hormigas.
Baruta, Venezuela: Equinoccio (Ediciones de la Universidad Simón Bolívar), 188 pp.
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
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.
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1985b.
A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 111:255-264.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1902e.
An American
Cerapachys
, with remarks on the affinities of the Cerapachyinae.
Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 3:181-191.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1910a.
Ants: their structure, development and behavior.
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PDF
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