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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
›
Cataulacus
›
Cataulacus taprobanae
Cataulacus
taprobanae
Smith, 1853
valid
Cataulacus taprobanae
Smith, 1853
: 225, pl. 20, fig. 10 (w.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (
G.H.K. Thwaites
). Primary type depository:
BMNH
.
Forel, 1909k
: 393 (q.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b
: 150 (l.);
Bolton, 1974a
: 83 (m.)
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a
: 195;
Smith, 1862d
: 414;
Mayr, 1863a
: 403;
Roger, 1863b
: 39;
Motschoulsky, 1863
: 21;
Smith, 1871a
: 335;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 139;
Emery, 1893h
: 248;
Emery, 1901h
: 121;
Forel, 1903a
: 706;
Rothney, 1903
: 97;
Bingham, 1903
: 123;
Forel, 1908b
: 2;
Forel, 1909k
: 393;
Forel, 1911c
: 226;
Forel, 1913l
: 83;
Emery, 1924f
: 299;
Mukerjee, 1930
: 155;
Mukerjee, 1934
: 4;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 86;
Bolton, 1974a
: 83 (redescription);
Bolton, 1995b
: 139;
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
: 321;
Mohanraj
et al.
, 2010
: 6;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 41;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 35;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 67.
Citations
Bharti, H.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Bharti, M.
;
Economo, E. P.
2016.
An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 551:1-83.
PDF
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
PDF
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.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Dias, R. K. S.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Akbar, S. A.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Udayakantha, W. S.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
2020.
The ants (
Hymenoptera
,
Formicidae
) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.
ZooKeys 967:1-142.
10.3897/zookeys.967.54432
PDF
Emery, C.
1893h.
Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62:239-258.
PDF
Emery, C.
1901h.
Ameisen gesammelt in Ceylon von Dr. W. Horn 1899.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1901:113-122.
PDF
Emery, C.
1924f ("1922").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].
Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397.
PDF
Forel, A.
1903a.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:679-715.
PDF
Forel, A.
1908b.
Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion.
Lasius
carniolicus
. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie?
Strongylognathus
testaceus
.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:1-22.
PDF
Forel, A.
1909k.
Études myrmécologiques en 1909. Fourmis de Barbarie et de Ceylan. Nidification des
Polyrhachis
.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 45:369-407.
PDF
Forel, A.
1911c.
Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion).
Pp. 215-228 in:
Escherich, K.
1911.
Termitenleben auf Ceylon.
Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913l.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
PDF
Guénard, B.
;
Dunn, R. R.
2012.
A checklist of the ants of China.
Zootaxa 3358:1-77.
PDF
Mathew, R.
;
Tiwari, R. N.
2000.
Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae.
Pp. 251-409 in:
Director
;
Zoological Survey of India
(ed.) 2000.
Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000.
Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mohanraj, P.
;
Ali, M.
;
Veerakumari, K.
2010.
Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal).
Journal of Insect Science 10 (Article 172):1-11.
PDF
Motschoulsky, V. de
1863.
Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'île Ceylan (suite).
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3):1-153.
Mukerjee, D.
1930.
Report on a collection of ants in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 34:149-163.
PDF
Mukerjee, D.
1934.
Entomological investigations on the spike disease of sandal (22). Formicidae (Hymen.).
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PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
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1903.
The aculeate Hymenoptera of Barrackpore, Bengal.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903:93-116.
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1853 ("1854").
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PDF
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1858a.
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PDF
Smith, F.
1862d.
A list of the genera and species belonging to the family Cryptoceridae, with descriptions of new species; also a list of the species of the genus
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.
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PDF
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1871a.
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PDF
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;
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PDF
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