Simopelta
Mann, 1922
valid
feminine
Simopelta
Mann, 1922:
10
[as subgenus of Belonopelta]
Type-species:
Belonopelta jeckylli (obsolete combination of Simopelta jeckylli), by original designation.
- Simopelta in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Donisthorpe, 1943h: 726; all subsequent authors.
- Simopelta as subgenus of Belonopelta: Mann, 1922: 10; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 726.
- Simopelta as junior synonym of Belonopelta: Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 296.
- Simopelta as genus: Wheeler, 1935d: 8; Gotwald & Brown, 1967: 261; Kempf, 1972b: 230; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1994: 164.
Obsolete classifications
Genus Simopelta references
Wheeler, 1935d: 9 (all species key); Gotwald & Brown, 1967: 275 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b: 230 (catalogue); Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 298 (all species key); Bolton, 1995a: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 383 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003: 170 (synopsis); Mackay & Mackay, in Fernández, 2008a: 202 (Colombia species key); Mackay & Mackay, 2008b: 290 (all species revision, key); Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 156 (diagnosis, synoptic description, distribution, ecology and behavior, phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations); Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 545 (Colombia species key)
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1975b. Contributo alla conoscenza dei generi Belonopelta Mayr e Leiopelta gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 48:295-310. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
- Bolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056. PDF
- 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
- 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.
- Fernández, F. 2008a. Subfamilia Ponerinae s. str. Pp. 123-218 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF
- Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J. 2019. Subfamilia Ponerinae. Capítulo 17. Pp. 509-553 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
- Gotwald, W. H., Jr.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967 ("1966"). The ant genus Simopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 73:261-277. PDF
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. 2008b. Revision of the ants of the genus Simopelta Mann. Pp. 285-328 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF
- Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. PDF
- Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1935d. Ants of the genera Belonopelta Mayr and Simopelta Mann. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 5:8-19. PDF
Extant: 22 valid species
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