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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Dolichoderinae
›
Leptomyrmecini
›
Leptomyrmex
›
Leptomyrmex fragilis
Leptomyrmex
fragilis
(Smith, 1859)
valid
Formica fragilis
Smith, 1859a
: 136 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is (
A.R. Wallace
). Primary type depository:
OXUM
.
Type notes:
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 34, incorrectly attribute collector as F. Smith.
Emery, 1897
: 571 (m.);
Stitz, 1912
: 507 (m.);
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 36 (eq.)
Combination in
Leptomyrmex
:
Emery, 1897
: 571
Status as species:
Smith, 1863a
: 12;
Mayr, 1863a
: 415;
Smith, 1871a
: 307;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 196;
Emery, 1897
: 571;
Emery, 1911f
: 532;
Emery, 1911g
: 249;
Stitz, 1912
: 507;
Emery, 1913a
: 16;
Viehmeyer, 1914a
: 113;
Viehmeyer, 1914c
: 530;
Wheeler, 1915e
: 275;
Karavaiev, 1926d
: 432;
Donisthorpe, 1932c
: 452;
Wheeler, 1934c
: 113;
Donisthorpe, 1943e
: 454;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 186;
Baroni Urbani & Wilson, 1987
: 2;
Shattuck, 1994
: 117;
Bolton, 1995b
: 234;
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 34 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Leptomyrmex fragilis femorata
:
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 34.
Senior synonym of
Leptomyrmex gracillimus
:
Baroni Urbani & Wilson, 1987
: 2;
Shattuck, 1994
: 117;
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 34.
Senior synonym of
Leptomyrmex fragilis maculata
:
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 34.
Senior synonym of
Leptomyrmex wheeleri
:
Lucky & Ward, 2010
: 34.
Junior synonyms
Leptomyrmex fragilis femorata
Santschi, 1932
Leptomyrmex fragilis maculata
Stitz, 1938
Leptomyrmex gracillimus
Wheeler, 1934
Leptomyrmex wheeleri
Donisthorpe, 1948
Obsolete combinations
Formica fragilis
Citations
Baroni Urbani, C.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1987.
The fossil members of the ant tribe Leptomyrmecini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Psyche (Cambridge) 94:1-8.
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
Donisthorpe, H.
1932c.
On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1943e.
The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475.
PDF
Emery, C.
1897.
Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
Emery, C.
1911f.
Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann.
Nova Guinea 5:531-539.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911g.
Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz.
Nova Guinea 9:249-259.
PDF
Emery, C.
1913a ("1912").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae.
Genera Insectorum 137:1-50.
PDF
Karavaiev, V.
1926d.
Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet.
Treubia 8:413-445.
PDF
Lucky, A.
;
Ward, P. S.
2010.
Taxonomic revision of the ant genus
Leptomyrmex
Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 2688:1-67.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Shattuck, S. O.
1994.
Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241.
PDF
Smith, F.
1859a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part].
Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3:132-158.
PDF
Smith, F.
1863a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor.
Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7:6-48.
PDF
Smith, F.
1871a.
A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part].
Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:285-348.
PDF
Stitz, H.
1912.
Ameisen aus Ceram und Neu-Guinea.
Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912:498-514.
PDF
Viehmeyer, H.
1914a.
Ameisen aus Perak, Bali und Ceram (Hym.) (Freiburger Molukken-Expedition), gesammelt von E. Streesemann.
Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 3:112-116.
PDF
Viehmeyer, H.
1914c.
Papuanische Ameisen.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914:515-535.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1915e.
The Australian honey-ants of the genus
Leptomyrmex
Mayr.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51:255-286.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1934c.
A second revision of the ants of the genus
Leptomyrmex
Mayr.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:69-118.
PDF
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