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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Pseudomyrmecinae
›
Pseudomyrmecini
›
Tetraponera
›
Tetraponera atrata
Tetraponera
atrata
Smith, 1852
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Tetraponera nigra
(Jerdon, 1851)
Tetraponera atrata
Smith, 1852
: 44, 3 figs. (q.) INDIA (Maharashtra). Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: India: Bombay (
E.T. Downes
). Primary type depository:
BMNH
.
Combination in
Pseudomyrma
:
Smith, 1858a
: 159
Combination in
Sima
:
Emery, 1887f
: 449
Combination in
Tetraponera
:
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 78.
Status as species:
Smith, 1857a
: 70;
Smith, 1858a
: 159;
Roger, 1863b
: 24;
Mayr, 1863a
: 451;
Motschoulsky, 1863
: 20;
Smith, 1871a
: 328;
Smith, 1873
: ix;
Smith, 1877b
: 68;
Emery, 1889
: 499.
Subspecies of
Tetraponera attenuata
:
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 78
Junior synonym of
Tetraponera nigra
:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 54;
Emery, 1895m
: 464;
Bingham, 1903
: 110;
Forel, 1903a
: 709;
Wheeler, 1911g
: 173;
Emery, 1921c
: 26;
Bolton, 1995b
: 417;
Tiwari, 1999
: 35;
Ward, 2001
: 634.
Citations
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
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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
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1887f.
Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine).
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 25[=(2)5]:433-448.
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Emery, C.
1889.
Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). Dummy reference.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 27[=(2)7]:485-520.
Emery, C.
1895m.
Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 34[=(2)14]:450-483.
Emery, C.
1921c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates.
PDF
Forel, A.
1903a.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:679-715.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Motschoulsky, V. de
1863.
Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'île Ceylan (suite).
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3):1-153.
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
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Smith, F.
1852.
Descriptions of some hymenopterous insects captured in India, with notes on their economy, by Ezra T. Downes, Esq., who presented them to the Honourable the East India Company.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9:44-50.
Smith, F.
1857a.
Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part].
Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 2:42-88.
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Smith, F.
1871a.
A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part].
Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:285-348.
PDF
Smith, F.
1873.
[Untitled. Introduced by: "Mr. F. Smith exhibited a further collection of ants sent by Mr. G. A. James Rothney, from Calcutta."].
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873:viii-ix.
Smith, F.
1877b.
Descriptions of new species of the genera
Pseudomyrma
and
Tetraponera
, belonging to the family Myrmicidae.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877:57-72.
PDF
Tiwari, R. N.
1999.
Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96.
PDF
Ward, P. S.
2001.
Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus
Tetraponera
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions.
Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1911g.
A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21:157-175.
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