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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Oecophyllini
›
Oecophylla
›
Oecophylla virescens
Oecophylla
virescens
(Fabricius, 1775)
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Oecophylla smaragdina
(Fabricius, 1775)
Formica virescens
Fabricius, 1775
: 392 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: “Habitat in nova Hollandia. Mus Banks”. Primary type depositories:
BMNH
,
ZMUK
.
Type notes:
Zimsen, 1964
: 427, cites 3 syntypes.
Smith, 1858a
: 30 (m.)
Combination in
Lasius
:
Fabricius, 1804
: 417.
Combination in
Oecophylla
:
Smith, 1860b
: 102 (in text).
Status as species:
Fabricius, 1782
: 490;
Fabricius, 1787
: 308;
Gmelin, 1790
: 2800;
Christ, 1791
: 506;
Olivier, 1792
: 494;
Fabricius, 1793
: 355;
Latreille, 1802a
: 279;
Fabricius, 1804
: 417;
Smith, 1858a
: 29;
Smith, 1859a
: 135;
Mayr, 1862
: 695;
Roger, 1863b
: 10;
Mayr, 1863a
: 438;
Radoszkowsky, 1881
: 197;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 177;
Emery, 1921g
: 102.
Subspecies of
Oecophylla smaragdina
:
Emery, 1887a
: 242;
Emery, 1892f
: 565;
Emery, 1893m
: 176 (footnote);
Emery, 1911g
: 249;
Forel, 1915b
: 95;
Wheeler, 1922
: 228 (in key);
Emery, 1925d
: 52;
Karavaiev, 1933a
: 315.
Junior synonym of
Oecophylla smaragdina
:
Mayr, 1872
: 143;
Forel, 1885b
: 176;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 127;
Taylor, 1987a
: 49;
Bolton, 1995b
: 298;
Zhou, 2001a
: 189.
Obsolete combinations
Formica virescens
Citations
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1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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1791.
Naturgeschichte, Klassification und Nomenclatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht.
Frankfurt: Hermann, 535 pp.
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.
1887a ("1886").
Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part].
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 24[=(2)4]:209-240.
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Emery, C.
1892f ("1891").
Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60:553-574.
PDF
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).
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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.
1921g.
Formiche tessitrici del genere
Oecophylla
fossili e viventi.
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1925d.
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PDF
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1775.
Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus.
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PDF
Fabricius, J. C.
1782 ("1781").
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1787.
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PDF
Fabricius, J. C.
1793.
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PDF
Fabricius, J. C.
1804.
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Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1885b.
Indian ants of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part II. Natural Science 54:176-182.
PDF
Forel, A.
1915b.
Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen.
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PDF
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1790.
Caroli a Linné, systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Tomus I. Pars V.
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PDF
Karavaiev, V.
1933a ("1932").
Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, VII.
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PDF
Latreille, P. A.
1802a.
Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes.
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PDF
Mayr, G.
1862.
Myrmecologische Studien.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12:649-776.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
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PDF
Mayr, G.
1872.
Formicidae Borneenses collectae a J. Doria et O. Beccari in territorio Sarawak annis 1865-1867.
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PDF
Olivier, A. G.
1792.
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Radoszkowsky, O.
1881.
Hymenoptères d'Angola.
Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 8(31):197-221.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
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1858a.
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PDF
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;
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