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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Camponotini
›
Polyrhachis
›
Polyrhachis (Myrma)
›
Polyrhachis gibbosa
Polyrhachis
gibbosa
Forel, 1908
valid
Polyrhachis aculeata var. gibbosa
Forel, 1908b
: 9 (w.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 5 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Puwakpitiya, 1906-7 (
E. Bugnion
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
.
Forel, 1913l
: 139 (footnote) (q.)
Combination in
Hemioptica
:
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 255.
Combination in
Polyrhachis
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 349.
Combination in
Polyrhachis (Myrma)
:
Emery, 1925d
: 205;
Kohout, 2013f
: 148.
Subspecies of
Polyrhachis aculeata
:
Forel, 1909k
: 402;
Forel, 1911c
: 228;
Forel, 1913l
: 139;
Emery, 1925d
: 205;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 255;
Bolton, 1995b
: 349;
Dorow, 1995
: 31;
Karmaly, 2004
: 545 (in key).
Status as species:
Kohout, 2008a
: 258;
Kohout, 2013f
: 148;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 51.
Obsolete combinations
Polyrhachis aculeata gibbosa
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dias, R. K. S.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Akbar, S. A.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Udayakantha, W. S.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
2020.
The ants (
Hymenoptera
,
Formicidae
) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.
ZooKeys 967:1-142.
10.3897/zookeys.967.54432
PDF
Dorow, W. H. O.
1995.
Revision of the ant genus
Polyrhachis
Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography.
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113.
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Forel, A.
1908b.
Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion.
Lasius
carniolicus
. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie?
Strongylognathus
testaceus
.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:1-22.
PDF
Forel, A.
1909k.
Études myrmécologiques en 1909. Fourmis de Barbarie et de Ceylan. Nidification des
Polyrhachis
.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 45:369-407.
PDF
Forel, A.
1911c.
Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion).
Pp. 215-228 in:
Escherich, K.
1911.
Termitenleben auf Ceylon.
Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913l.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
PDF
Karmaly, K. A.
2004.
A new species and a key to species of
Polyrhachis
Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India.
Pp. 539-551 in:
Rajmohana, K.
;
Sudheer, K.
;
Girish Kumar, P.
;
Santhosh, S.
(eds.) 2004.
Perspectives on biosystematics and biodiversity. Prof. T.C. Narendran commemoration volume.
Kerala: Systematic Entomology Research Scholars Association, xxii + 666 pp.
PDF
Kohout, R. J.
2008a.
A review of the
Polyrhachis
ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae).
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:255-317.
PDF
Kohout, R. J.
2013f.
A review of the
Polyrhachis aculeata
species-group of the subgenus
Myrma
Billberg (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae), with keys and descriptions of new species.
Australian Entomologist 40 (3):137-171.
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villipes
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vindex
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alexisi
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andrei
andromache
arnoldi
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baca
bakeri
beccarii
bosi
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brendelli
breviorspinosa
brevipilosa
browni
carbonaria
carinata
ceramensis
chapmani
cognata
compressicornis
concava
conops
continua
convexa
cornuta
crassispinosa
cubaensis
curta
cyaniventris
cybele
decellei
decemdentata
decipiens
diana
dimoculata
doudou
dubia
durbanensis
edentula
empesoi
epinotalis
esarata
festina
fisheri
fissa
foreli
gagates
gamaii
gazelle
gerstaeckeri
gibbosa
gibbula
gobini
hastata
hemiopticoides
horni
hosei
illaudata
inermis
inusitata
isacantha
ithona
kebunraya
khepra
kohli
labella
laboriosa
lanuginosa
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latispina
latona
lauta
lestoni
limitis
litigiosa
longiseta
luteipes
manusensis
masaokai
medusa
militaris
monista
murina
narendrani
neuguinensis
nidificans
nigra
nigrita
nigropilosa
noesaensis
noonananti
numeria
obesior
obliqua
ogatai
olena
omissa
orsylla
otleti
palawanensis
parabiotica
paracamponota
phidias
philippinensis
pirata
planoculata
platyomma
procera
proxima
pruinosa
pubescens
pulleni
punctillata
regesa
relucens
revoili
rixosa
robusta
rufipalpis
rufofemorata
salomo
schistacea
schlueteri
sculpturata
selecta
semitestacea
sericata
sericeopubescens
similis
simpla
sinuata
spinicola
spinifera
spitteleri
starri
stitzi
striata
striatorugosa
submarginata
subpilosa
sulcata
tapini
terminata
transiens
tyrannica
vanachterbergi
vestita
vigilans
villipes
vindex
viola
viscosa
volkarti
watanasiti
weissi
wellmani
wilmsi
wolfi
yerburyi
zopyra