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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Mesoponera
›
Mesoponera caffraria
Mesoponera
caffraria
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Ponera caffraria
Smith, 1858a
: 91 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban), “56/63” (
Plant
). Type-depository:
BMNH
.
[Misspelled as
caffra
by
Santschi, 1914d
: 315.]
Forel, 1913a
: 108 (w.);
Arnold, 1915
: 65 (w.m.);
Emery, 1899f
: 5 (l.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b
: 1206 (l.)
Combination in
Euponera (Mesoponera)
:
Emery, 1901b
: 46;
Arnold, 1915
: 65;
Wheeler, 1922
: 775.
Combination in
Euponera (Brachyponera)
:
Santschi, 1910c
: 350.
Combination in
Pachycondyla
:
Brown, 1995a
: 303.
Combination in
Mesoponera
:
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b
: 1206;
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
: 110.
Status as species:
Roger, 1860
: 285;
Roger, 1863b
: 16;
Mayr, 1863a
: 447;
Mayr, 1886c
: 358;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 38;
Mayr, 1895
: 124;
Santschi, 1910c
: 350;
Emery, 1911e
: 81;
Forel, 1913a
: 108;
Santschi, 1914d
: 315;
Arnold, 1915
: 65 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1922
: 775;
Arnold, 1926
: 202;
Santschi, 1930a
: 54;
Menozzi, 1933a
: 97;
Santschi, 1935b
: 260 (in key);
Bernard, 1953b
: 190;
Prins, 1963
: 99;
Bolton, 1995b
: 303;
Zhou & Ran, 2010
: 107;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 220.
Senior synonym of
Mesoponera guineensis
:
Mayr, 1895
: 125;
Emery, 1911e
: 81;
Wheeler, 1922
: 775;
Bolton, 1995b
: 303.
Junior synonyms
Mesoponera guineensis
(André, 1890)
Obsolete combination(s):
Ponera guineensis
Obsolete combinations
Euponera caffraria
Ponera caffraria
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
M. c. affinis
(Santschi, 1935)
M. c. caffra
(Santschi, 1935)
Citations
Arnold, G.
1915.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159.
Arnold, G.
1926.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix.
Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1953b ("1952").
La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1995a.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in
Pachycondyla
and
Neoponera
attributed to Brown.].
Pp. 302-311 in:
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.
PDF
Emery, C.
1899f.
Intorno alle larve di alcune formiche.
Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)3:93.
Emery, C.
1901b.
Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913a.
Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147.
PDF
Hita Garcia, F.
;
Wiesel, E.
;
Fischer, G.
2013.
The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.
Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1886c.
Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:353-368.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1895.
Afrikanische Formiciden.
Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 10:124-154.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1933a.
Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova. II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [concl.].
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 56:113-114.
Prins, A. J.
1963.
A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution.
Koedoe 6:91-108.
PDF
Roger, J.
1860.
Die
Ponera
-artigen Ameisen.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4:278-312.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1910c ("1909").
Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1914d.
Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1930a.
Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70:49-77.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1935b.
Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae.
Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2:255-277.
Schmidt, C. A.
;
Shattuck, S. O.
2014.
The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior.
Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242.
10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1971b.
Ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae: second supplement.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:1197-1217.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Zhou, S.
;
Ran, H.
2010.
Checklist of poneromorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China.
Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition) 28 (4):101-113.
Extant: 2 valid subspecies
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