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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Neivamyrmex
›
Neivamyrmex melanocephalus
Neivamyrmex
melanocephalus
(Emery, 1895)
valid
Eciton melanocephalum
Emery, 1895d
: 260 (footnote) (w.) MEXICO (Nayarit). Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Mexico: Nayarit, Tepic (
T. Pergande
). Type-depositories:
MCZC
,
MHNG
,
MSNG
,
USNM
.
MZSP
.
Combination in
Eciton (Acamatus)
:
Emery, 1910b
: 24.
Combination in
Eciton (Neivamyrmex)
:
Smith, 1942c
: 549.
Combination in
Neivamyrmex
:
Borgmeier, 1953
: 6.
Status as species:
Pergande, 1896
: 874;
Forel, 1899b
: 28;
Emery, 1910b
: 24;
Wheeler, 1914c
: 41;
Smith, 1942c
: 549 (redescription);
Creighton, 1950a
: 72;
Smith, 1951c
: 780;
Borgmeier, 1953
: 19;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 385 (redescription);
Smith, 1958c
: 109;
Smith, 1967a
: 345;
Watkins, 1971
: 94 (in key);
Kempf, 1972b
: 156;
Watkins, 1972
: 348 (in key);
Hunt & Snelling, 1975
: 21;
Watkins, 1976
: 16 (in key);
Smith, 1979
: 1331;
Watkins, 1982
: 210 (in key);
Watkins, 1985
: 481 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 290;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002
: 59;
Snelling & Snelling, 2007
: 479;
Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Neivamyrmex melanocephalus xipe
:
Smith, 1942c
: 549;
Creighton, 1950a
: 72;
Smith, 1951c
: 780;
Borgmeier, 1953
: 19;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 385;
Kempf, 1972b
: 156;
Smith, 1979
: 1331;
Bolton, 1995b
: 290;
Snelling & Snelling, 2007
: 479.
Junior synonyms
Neivamyrmex melanocephalus xipe
(Wheeler, 1914)
Obsolete combination(s):
Eciton melanocephalum xipe
Obsolete combinations
Eciton melanocephalum
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Sáenz, L.
2012.
Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala.
Pp. 221-268 in:
Cano, E. B.
;
Schuster, J. C.
(eds.) 2012.
Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2.
Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp.
PDF
Creighton, W. S.
1950a.
The ants of North America.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585.
PDF
Emery, C.
1895d.
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss).
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:257-360.
PDF
Emery, C.
1910b.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae.
Genera Insectorum 102:1-34.
PDF
Forel, A.
1899b.
Formicidae. [part].
Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24.
PDF
Hunt, J. H.
;
Snelling, R. R.
1975.
A checklist of the ants of Arizona.
Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Mackay, W.
;
Mackay, E.
2002.
The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp.
PDF
Pergande, T.
1896.
Mexican Formicidae.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2)5:858-896.
PDF
Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Hurd, P. D.
;
Smith, D. R.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1979.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata).
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R.
1942c.
The legionary ants of the United States belonging to
Eciton
subgenus
Neivamyrmex
Borgmeier.
American Midland Naturalist 27:537-590.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
Krombein, K. V.
;
Townes, H. K.
(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1958c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 108-162 in:
Krombein, K. V.
(ed.) 1958.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1967a.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 343-374 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1967.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584.
PDF
Snelling, G. C.
;
Snelling, R. R.
2007.
New synonymy, new species, new keys to
Neivamyrmex
army ants of the United States.
Pp. 459-550 in:
Snelling, R. R.
;
Fisher, B. L.
;
Ward, P. S.
(eds.) 2007.
Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp.
PDF
Watkins, J. F., II
1971.
A taxonomic review of
Neivamyrmex
moseri,
N. pauxillus,
and
N. leonardi
, including new distribution records and original descriptions of queens of the first two species.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 44:93-103.
PDF
Watkins, J. F., II
1972.
The taxonomy of
Neivamyrmex texanus
, n. sp.,
N. nigrescens
and
N. californicus
(Formicidae: Dorylinae), with distribution map and keys to the species of
Neivamyrmex
of the United States.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 45:347-372.
PDF
Watkins, J. F., II
1976.
The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae).
Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp.
PDF
Watkins, J. F., II
1982.
The army ants of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae).
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55:197-247.
PDF
Watkins, J. F., II
1985.
The identification and distribution of the army ants of the United States of America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ecitoninae).
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58:479-502.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1914c.
Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
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PDF
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