Acanthostichus
Mayr, 1887
valid
masculine
Acanthostichus
Mayr, 1887:
549
Type-species:
Typhlopone serratula (obsolete combination of Acanthostichus serratulus), by monotypy.
- Acanthostichus in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 16 [Ponerinae].
- Acanthostichus in Ponerinae, Cerapachyini: Forel, 1893b: 162; Forel, 1895b: 116; Wheeler, 1910a: 136 [subtribe Acanthostichini].
- Acanthostichus in Dorylinae, Cerapachyini: Emery, 1895l: 765 [Cerapachyi].
- Acanthostichus in Dorylidae, Acanthostichinae: Ashmead, 1905c: 382; Ashmead, 1906: 29.
- Acanthostichus in Dorylinae, Acanthostichini: Emery, 1901b: 34; Smith, 1979: 1333.
- Acanthostichus in Ponerinae, Acanthostichini: Emery, 1911e: 12; Forel, 1917: 239; Gallardo, 1918c: 7; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 619; Brown, 1975: 41; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10.
- Acanthostichus in Cerapachyinae, Acanthostichini: Wheeler, 1902e: 184; Wheeler, 1922: 640; Kempf, 1972b: 10; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Brandão, 1991: 322; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Bolton, 1994: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 18; Bolton, 2003: 33, 138.
- Acanthostichus in Dorylinae: Emery, 1896e: 175 [Dorylinae]; Brady et al., 2014: 4 (in figure); Borowiec, 2016: 66.
- Acanthostichus as genus: all authors.
- Acanthostichus as senior synonym of Ctenopyga: Brown, 1973b: 179 [provisional]; Snelling, 1981: 389; Bolton, 1994: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 18; MacKay, 1996: 132; Bolton, 2003: 138; Borowiec, 2016: 66.
Junior synonyms
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Ctenopyga
Ashmead, 1906
Obsolete classification(s): Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga)
Obsolete classifications
Genus Acanthostichus catalogues
Dalla Torre, 1893: 16; Emery, 1911e: 12, 13 (Acanthostichus (Acanthostichus), Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga)); Smith, 1951c: 782 (North America); Kempf, 1972b: 10 (Neotropical); Brandão, 1991: 322 (Neotropical); Bolton, 1995b: 54; Borowiec, 2016: 72 (species checklist).
Genus Acanthostichus references
Emery, 1895l: 748 (synopsis); Emery, 1911e: 12, 13 (Acanthostichus, Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga) diagnoses); Gallardo, 1918c: 8 (Argentina species key); Wheeler, 1922: 640 (genera, key); Wheeler, 1934g: 162 (species key); Kusnezov, 1962a: 125 (species key); Brown, 1975: 39 (diagnosis, review of tribe and genus); Brown, 1975: 42 (review of Ctenopyga); Bolton, 1990a: 58 (abdominal morphology); MacKay, 1996: 129 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 35 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Bolton, 2003: 33, 137 (diagnosis, synopsis); Brady et al., 2014: 4 (phylogeny); Baccaro et al., 2015: 146 (genus in Brazil); Borowiec, 2016: 66, 72 (diagnosis); Palacio, 2019: 585 (Colombia species key).
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. PDF
- 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
- Baccaro, F. B.; Feitosa, R. M.; Fernández, F.; Fernandes, I. O.; Izzo, T. J.; de Souza, J. L. P.; Solar, R. 2015. Guia para os gêneros de formigas do Brasil. Manaus: Editora INPA, 388 p. 10.5281/zenodo.32912 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. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. PDF
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- 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.
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- MacKay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27:129-179. PDF
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