Cataulacus kohli

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Cataulacus kohli Mayr, 1895 valid

Cataulacus kohli Mayr, 1895: 127, fig. 2 (w.) GABON. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Gabon: N’Gamie River (= Ngounié River), Samlia Falls (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: unknown (Mayr, 1895 has “k. belgisches Museum”; perhaps MRHN). Type notes: 1) Original description did not specify a county of origin, citing only “Chûtes de Samlia, Riv. N’Gamie”. 2) Wheeler, 1922: 914, later incorrectly nominated Sierra Leone as type locality. 3) Madl, 2021: 102, has pointed out that the locality is in Gabon.

Status as species: Santschi, 1910c: 389; Wheeler, 1922: 914; Santschi, 1924b: 217; Emery, 1924f: 297; Santschi, 1930a: 69; Bolton, 1974a: 22 (redescription); Bolton, 1982: 355 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 138.
Senior synonym of Cataulacus kohli brazzavillensis: Bolton, 1974a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
Senior synonym of Cataulacus foveolatus: Bolton, 1974a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
Senior synonym of Cataulacus latipes: Bolton, 1974a: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 138.

Junior synonyms

Cataulacus foveolatus Stitz, 1910
Cataulacus kohli brazzavillensis Santschi, 1910
Cataulacus latipes Menozzi, 1932

Citations

Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:1-105. PDF
Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Madl, M. 2021. Notes on the Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of Gabon. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 53 (1):101-110. PDF
Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 10:124-154. PDF
Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70:49-77. PDF
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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