Atta cephalotes opaca

Atta cephalotes opaca Forel, 1904 junior synonym of current valid taxon Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Atta cephalotes var. opaca Forel, 1904d: 31 (w.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: San Antonio (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1913c: 259.
Subspecies of Atta cephalotes: Forel, 1911g: 257; Forel, 1914e: 10; Emery, 1924f: 353; Santschi, 1929f: 92 (in key); Weber, 1938b: 205; Wheeler, 1938: 252; Borgmeier, 1939: 422 (in list); Gonçalves, 1942: 345; Borgmeier, 1950d: 258; Weber, 1958a: 10.
Junior synonym of Atta cephalotes: Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.

Citations

Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428. PDF
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Borgmeier, T. 1959b. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:321-390. PDF
Emery, C. 1913c. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [V-VII.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:250-262. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Fernández, F.; Castro-Huertas, V.; Serna, F. 2015. Hormigas cortadoras de hojas de Colombia: Acromyrmex & Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fauna de Colombia, Monografía No.5. Bogotá D.C., Colombia: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 350 pp. PDF
Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 12:1-52. PDF
Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematischen-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 11:249-303. PDF
Forel, A. 1914e. Quelques fourmis de Colombie. Pp. 9-14 in: Fuhrmann, O.; Mayor, E. 1914. Voyage d'exploration scientifique en Colombie. Mémoires de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 5(2):1-1090. PDF
Gonçalves, C. R. 1942. Contribuição para o conhecimento do gênero Atta Fabr., das formigas saúvas. Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Agronomia 5:333-358. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1929f. Mélange myrmécologique. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 46:84-93. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 9:154-206. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1958a. Nomenclatural notes on Proatta and Atta (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomological News 69:7-13. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1938. Ants from the caves of Yucatan. Pp. 251-255 in: Pearse, A. S. 1938. Fauna of the caves of Yucatan. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 491:1-304. PDF