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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Atta texana
Atta
texana
(Buckley, 1860)
valid
Myrmica (Atta) texana
Buckley, 1860a
: 233 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Texas (
S.B. Buckley
). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974d
: 79 (l.)
Combination in
Oecodoma
:
Mayr, 1863a
: 438.
Combination in
Atta
:
Roger, 1863b
: 35.
Combination in
Atta (Archeatta)
:
Gonçalves, 1942
: 343.
Junior synonym of
Atta fervens
:
Mayr, 1865
: 81;
Forel, 1885a
: 362;
Mayr, 1886d
: 442;
Cresson, 1887
: 259;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 152;
Forel, 1899b
: 33;
Wheeler, 1902g
: 29.
Subspecies of
Atta insularis
:
Emery, 1913c
: 259;
Emery, 1924f
: 354.
Subspecies of
Atta fervens
:
Borgmeier, 1939
: 423 (in list).
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b
: 35;
Mayr, 1863a
: 438;
Buckley, 1867
: 347 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1907d
: 700 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1910a
: 568;
Gonçalves, 1942
: 343;
Creighton, 1950a
: 329;
Borgmeier, 1950d
: 261;
Smith, 1951c
: 832;
Smith, 1958c
: 138;
Borgmeier, 1959b
: 356 (redescription);
Smith, 1967a
: 363;
Smith, 1979
: 1413;
Petralia & Vinson, 1980
: 386;
Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989
: 54;
Bolton, 1995b
: 77.
Obsolete combinations
Myrmica texana
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1939.
Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae).
Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428.
PDF
Borgmeier, T.
1950d.
Estudos sôbre
Atta
(Hym. Formicidae).
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 48:239-263.
PDF
Borgmeier, T.
1959b.
Revision der Gattung
Atta
Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:321-390.
PDF
Buckley, S. B.
1860a.
The cutting ant of Texas.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:233-236.
PDF
Buckley, S. B.
1867.
Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.).
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 6:335-350.
PDF
Cherrett, J. M.
;
Cherrett, F. J.
1989.
A bibliography of the leaf-cutting ants,
Atta
spp. and
Acromyrmex
spp., up to 1975.
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute Bulletin 14:1-58.
PDF
Creighton, W. S.
1950a.
The ants of North America.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585.
PDF
Cresson, E. T. Sr.
1887.
Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Suppl. Vol. 1887:1-351.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
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
Forel, A.
1885a ("1884").
Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 20:316-380.
PDF
Forel, A.
1899b.
Formicidae. [part].
Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24.
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
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1865.
Formicidae.
In:
Novara Expedition
1865.
Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1.
Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp.
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Mayr, G.
1886d.
Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:419-464.
PDF
Petralia, R. S.
;
Vinson, S. B.
1980 ("1979").
Comparative anatomy of the ventral region of ant larvae, and its relation to feeding behavior.
Psyche (Cambridge) 86:375-394.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
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.
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
Krombein, K. V.
;
Townes, H. K.
(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1958c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 108-162 in:
Krombein, K. V.
(ed.) 1958.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1967a.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 343-374 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1967.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1974d.
Ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Attini: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76:76-81.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1902g.
A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.".
Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 4:17-31.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1907d.
The fungus-growing ants of North America.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1910a.
Ants: their structure, development and behavior.
New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp.
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