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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Epoecus
Epoecus
Emery, 1893
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Monomorium
Mayr, 1855 masculine
Epoecus
Emery, 1893a
: cclxxvi Type-species:
Epoecus pergandei
(obsolete combination of
Monomorium pergandei
), by monotypy.
Epoecus
in
Myrmicinae
,
Myrmicini
:
Emery, 1895l
: 769;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 139.
Epoecus
in
Myrmicinae
,
Stenammini
:
Ashmead, 1905c
: 383.
Epoecus
in
Myrmicinae
,
Solenopsidini
:
Emery, 1914e
: 41 [subtribe
Anergatini
];
Forel, 1917
: 243;
Emery, 1922c
: 204 [subtribe
Anergatini
];
Wheeler, 1922
: 663;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 643.
Epoecus
as genus:
Emery, 1895l
: 769;
Ashmead, 1905c
: 383;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 139;
Emery, 1914e
: 41;
Forel, 1917
: 243;
Emery, 1922c
: 204;
Wheeler, 1922
: 663;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 643.
Epoecus
as junior synonym of
Monomorium
:
Ettershank, 1966
: 82;
Bolton, 1973a
: 352;
Smith, 1979
: 1381;
Bolton, 1987
: 287, 298;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 14;
Ogata, 1991b
: 104;
Bolton, 1995b
: 28;
Tang
et al.
, 1995
: 68;
Bolton, 2003
: 211.
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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Bolton, B.
1973a.
The ant genera of West Africa: a synonymic synopsis with keys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 27:317-368.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1987.
A review of the
Solenopsis
genus-group and revision of Afrotropical
Monomorium
Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452.
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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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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.
1893a ("1892").
[Untitled. Introduced by: "M. C. Emery, de Bologne, envoie les diagnoses de cinq nouveaux genres de Formicides".].
Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France 1892:cclxxv-cclxxvii.
Emery, C.
1895l.
Die Gattung
Dorylus
Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778.
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Emery, C.
1914e.
Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae.
Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)18:29-42.
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Emery, C.
1922c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206.
PDF
Ettershank, G.
1966.
A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to
Solenopsis
and
Pheidologeton
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171.
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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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Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1990.
The ants.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Ogata, K.
1991b.
A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Part II. Subfamily Myrmicinae.
Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 14:61-149.
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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.
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.
1910a.
Ants: their structure, development and behavior.
New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp.
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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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