Ooceraea besucheti
(Brown, 1975)
valid
Cerapachys besucheti
Brown, 1975:
73, figs. 79-83, 86 (w.eq.)
INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Madras State, Anaimalai Hills, below Aliyar Dam, 1150 m., 18.xi.1972, Winkler (C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & R. Mussard). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911143.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a small series”), 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: same as holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0902721.
- Combination in Ooceraea: Borowiec, 2016: 198.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 142; Bharti & Akbar, 2013a: 82 (in key); Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013d: 1192 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 21; Yamada et al., 2018: 21 (in key); Zhou et al., 2020: 142 (in key).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. 2013a. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India. ZooKeys 336:79-103. PDF
- Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
- Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2013d. Cerapachys browni and Cerapachys costatus, two new rare ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Biologia 68 (6):1189-1192. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
- Yamada, A.; Luong, P. T. H.; Eguchi, K. 2018. Description of a new species of the ant genus Ooceraea Roger, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Dorylinae) from the Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 7 (1):17-23. 10.12976/jib/2018.07.1.2 PDF
- Zhou, S. Y.; Chen, D. N.; Chen, Z. L. 2020. Discovery of novel Ooceraea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) species with 8-segmented antennae from China. Sociobiology 67 (2):139-143. 10.13102/sociobiology.v67i2.3740 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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