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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Plectroctena
›
Plectroctena caffra
Plectroctena
caffra
(Spinola, 1851)
nomen nudum
, unavailable
Ponera caffra
Spinola, 1851b
: 53 Attributed to Klug.
[Also described as new by
Spinola, 1853
: 70.
Nomen nudum
(attributed to Klug).]
Status as species:
Roger, 1861a
: 41;
Mayr, 1863a
: 442;
Roger, 1863b
: 19;
Emery, 1892f
: 556;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 31;
Forel, 1894b
: 74;
Forel, 1909b
: 51;
Forel, 1910e
: 3;
Forel, 1911f
: 361;
Emery, 1911e
: 95. All are
nomina nuda
.
Material referred to
Plectroctena mandibularis
by
Roger, 1861a
: 41;
Mayr, 1863a
: 442;
Roger, 1863b
: 19;
Emery, 1893j
: 2;
Emery, 1911e
: 95;
Wheeler, 1922
: 784;
Santschi, 1924a
: 160;
Bolton, 1974c
: 330;
Bolton, 1995b
: 337;
Bolton & Brown, 2002
: 13.
[Note:
Roger, 1861a
: 41;
Mayr, 1863a
: 442;
Roger, 1863b
: 19;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 31, all give
Plectroctena caffra
as senior synonym, but as
Plectroctena caffra
is a
nomen nudum
,
Plectroctena mandibularis
has priority.]
Obsolete combinations
Ponera caffra
Citations
Bolton, B.
1974c.
A revision of the ponerine ant genus
Plectroctena
F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:309-338.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
;
Brown, W. L., Jr.
2002.
Loboponera
gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical
Plectroctena
genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71:1-18.
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.
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.
1893j.
Intorno ad alcune formiche della collezione Spinola.
Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 8(163):1-3.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1894b.
Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100.
PDF
Forel, A.
1909b.
Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53:51-73.
PDF
Forel, A.
1910e.
Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae.
Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16:1-30.
PDF
Forel, A.
1911f.
Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 47:331-400.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Roger, J.
1861a.
Die
Ponera
-artigen Ameisen (Schluss).
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1924a.
Revue du genre
Plectroctena
F. Smith.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173.
PDF
Spinola, M.
1851b.
Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846.
Extrait des Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Turin (2)13:3-78.
Spinola, M.
1853.
Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846.
Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (2)13:19-94.
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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