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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Brachyponera
›
Brachyponera sennaarensis
Brachyponera
sennaarensis
(Mayr, 1862)
valid
Ponera sennaarensis
Mayr, 1862
: 721 (w.) SUDAN. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype(?) worker. Type-locality: Sudan (“Afrika”): Sennaar (
M.C. Vienn.
). Type-depository:
NHMW
.
Santschi, 1910c
: 350 (q.);
Forel, 1910c
: 245 (m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b
: 1207 (l.)
Combination in
Euponera (Brachyponera)
:
Emery, 1901b
: 47.
Combination in
Pachycondyla
:
Brown, 1995a
: 309.
Combination in
Brachyponera
:
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b
: 1207;
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
: 81.
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b
: 16;
Mayr, 1863a
: 450;
Emery, 1877
: 366;
Mayr, 1879
: 662 (in key);
Emery, 1881b
: 528;
André, 1884f
: 538;
Emery, 1892
: 111;
Emery, 1892f
: 557;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 42;
Emery, 1893h
: 256;
Forel, 1894b
: 75;
Mayr, 1895
: 125;
Emery, 1895b
: 177;
Emery, 1895g
: 337;
Emery, 1897f
: 597;
Emery, 1899d
: 474;
Mayr, 1904b
: 2;
Forel, 1907d
: 5;
Forel, 1907i
: 75;
Forel, 1910c
: 245;
Santschi, 1910c
: 350;
Stitz, 1910
: 130;
Emery, 1911e
: 84;
Karavaiev, 1911b
: 3;
Forel, 1913a
: 108;
Forel, 1913b
: 307;
Forel, 1913i
: 347;
Santschi, 1914b
: 50;
Santschi, 1914d
: 318;
Arnold, 1915
: 72 (redescription);
Stitz, 1916
: 372;
Wheeler, 1922
: 84, 777;
Stitz, 1923
: 144;
Viehmeyer, 1923
: 86;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 80;
Menozzi, 1931a
: 154;
Santschi, 1933b
: 96;
Santschi, 1935b
: 261;
Santschi, 1937a
: 49;
Santschi, 1937d
: 215;
Finzi, 1939a
: 154;
Menozzi, 1939c
: 99;
Menozzi, 1942a
: 166;
Weber, 1943d
: 298;
Eidmann, 1944
: 469;
Bernard, 1950c
: 285;
Menozzi & Consani, 1952
: 60;
Prins, 1963
: 99;
Collingwood, 1985
: 240;
Bolton, 1995b
: 309;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 310;
Collingwood
et al.
, 1997
: 506;
Collingwood
et al.
, 2004
: 478;
Paknia
et al.
, 2008
: 155;
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
: 408;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 221;
Wetterer, 2013a
: 13;
Borowiec, 2014
: 141 (see note in bibliography);
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 49;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2017
: 51;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2018
: 33;
Madl, 2019
: 16;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2020
: 554;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2022
: 86.
Senior synonym of
Brachyponera sorghi
:
Emery, 1899d
: 474;
Wheeler, 1922
: 777;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 80;
Bolton, 1995b
: 309.
Junior synonyms
Brachyponera sorghi
(Roger, 1863)
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla sorghi
,
Ponera sorghi
Obsolete combinations
Euponera sennaarensis
Ponera sennaarensis
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
B. s. decolor
(Santschi, 1921)
B. s. ruginota
(Stitz, 1916)
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[Untitled.
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;
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and
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1995b.
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PDF
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1895g.
Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides.
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PDF
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Formiche raccolte da Don Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli, durante l'ultimo suo viaggio nelle regioni dei Somali e dei Galla.
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PDF
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PDF
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1894b.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1907d.
Formicides du Musée National Hongrois.
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PDF
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1907i.
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PDF
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1910c.
Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen).
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1913a.
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PDF
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;
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1930b.
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1931a.
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;
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)
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