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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Myrmicaria
›
Myrmicaria nigra
Myrmicaria
nigra
(Mayr, 1862)
valid
Heptacondylus niger
Mayr, 1862
: 755 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (Novara Expd.). Primary type depositories:
NHMUK
,
NHMW
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0900506
.
Arnold, 1916
: 270 (m.)
Combination in
Myrmicaria
:
Emery, 1893m
: 156.
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b
: 27;
Mayr, 1863a
: 423;
Mayr, 1865
: 110 (redescription);
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 155;
Emery, 1895i
: 42;
Forel, 1910f
: 446;
Arnold, 1916
: 269;
Emery, 1922c
: 123;
Wheeler, 1922
: 826;
Santschi, 1925c
: 165;
Bolton, 1995b
: 285.
Obsolete combinations
Heptacondylus niger
Citations
Arnold, G.
1916.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
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Emery, C.
1893m.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.].
Pp. 4-266 in:
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
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Emery, C.
1895i.
Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56.
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Emery, C.
1922c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206.
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Forel, A.
1910f.
Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:421-458.
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Mayr, G.
1862.
Myrmecologische Studien.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12:649-776.
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Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
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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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Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
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Santschi, F.
1925c ("1924").
Révision des
Myrmicaria
d'Afrique.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 64:133-176.
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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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