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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Eciton
›
Eciton simillima
Eciton
simillima
Smith, 1855
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Eciton vagans
(Olivier, 1792)
Eciton simillima
Smith, 1855c
: 164 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Pará (
H.W. Bates
). Primary type depository:
BMNH
.
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
Junior synonym of
Eciton vagans
:
Smith, 1858a
: 151;
Mayr, 1863a
: 409;
Roger, 1863b
: 36;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 6;
Forel, 1895b
: 121;
Forel, 1899b
: 24;
Emery, 1910b
: 21;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 40;
Borgmeier, 1953
: 16;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 229;
Kempf, 1972b
: 103;
Bolton, 1995b
: 186.
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1923.
Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae.
Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Borgmeier, T.
1953.
Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen.
Studia Entomologica 2:1-51.
PDF
Borgmeier, T.
1955.
Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region.
Studia Entomologica 3:1-720.
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.
1910b.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae.
Genera Insectorum 102:1-34.
PDF
Forel, A.
1895b.
A fauna das formigas do Brazil.
Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139.
PDF
Forel, A.
1899b.
Formicidae. [part].
Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Smith, F.
1855c.
Descriptions of some species of Brazilian ants belonging to the genera
Pseudomyrma
,
Eciton
and
Myrmica
(with observations on their economy by Mr. H. W. Bates).
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)3:156-169.
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
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