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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Parvaponera
›
Parvaponera darwinii
Parvaponera
darwinii
(Forel, 1893)
valid
Belonopelta darwinii
Forel, 1893f
: 460 (q.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Australia: Port Darwin (J.J. Walker). Type-depository:
MHNG
. Type-specimen:
CASENT0907290
.
[Misspelled as
dawini
by
Santschi, 1914d
: 318.]
Terayama, 1990b
: 897 (w.)
Combination in
Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera)
:
Emery, 1900
: 668.
Combination in
Pseudoponera
:
Bingham, 1903
: 93.
Combination in
Euponera (Trachymesopus)
:
Emery, 1911e
: 86.
Combination in
Trachymesopus
:
Wilson, 1958g
: 353.
Combination in
Pachycondyla
:
Brown, 1995a
: 304.
Combination in
Parvaponera
:
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
: 200.
Status as species:
Forel, 1899j
: 320;
Emery, 1900
: 668;
Emery, 1901b
: 46;
Emery, 1901h
: 113;
Bingham, 1903
: 93;
Emery, 1911e
: 86;
Santschi, 1914d
: 318;
Wheeler, 1919f
: 56;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 65;
Wilson, 1958g
: 353;
Collingwood, 1962c
: 224;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 52;
Taylor, 1987a
: 80;
Morisita
et al.
, 1989
: 20;
Terayama, 1990b
: 897;
Bolton, 1995b
: 304;
Schembri & Collingwood, 1995
: 153;
Xu, 1995b
: 104 (in key);
Tiwari, 1999
: 30;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 211;
Lin & Wu, 2003
: 67;
Framenau & Thomas, 2008
: 80;
Terayama, 2009
: 106 (in key);
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010
: 46;
Zhou & Ran, 2010
: 108;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 60;
Sarnat
et al.
, 2013
: 73;
Borowiec, 2014
: 141 (see note in bibliography) ;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 53;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 116;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 153;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 132.
Senior synonym of
Parvaponera darwinii indica
Emery, 1899e
:
Lin & Wu, 2003
: 68;
Terayama, 2009
: 104.
Senior synonym of
Parvaponera darwinii indica
Forel, 1900f
:
Lin & Wu, 2003
: 68 (by implication);
Terayama, 2009
: 104 (by implication).
Senior synonym of
Parvaponera lamarki
:
Brown, 1963a
: 6;
Bolton, 1995b
: 304.
Senior synonym of
Parvaponera rufotestaceus
:
Brown, 1963a
: 6;
Bolton, 1995b
: 304.
Junior synonyms
Parvaponera darwinii indica
(Emery, 1899)
Obsolete combination(s):
Belonopelta darwinii indica
Parvaponera darwinii indica
(Forel, 1900)
Obsolete combination(s):
Belonopelta darwinii indica
Parvaponera lamarki
(Santschi, 1913)
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla lamarki
,
Euponera lamarki
Parvaponera rufotestaceus
(Donisthorpe, 1943)
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla rufotestaceus
,
Cryptopone rufotestaceus
Obsolete combinations
Belonopelta darwinii
Euponera darwini
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
P. d. africana
(Forel, 1909)
P. d. madecassa
(Emery, 1899)
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Extant: 2 valid subspecies (2 synonyms)
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