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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Ooceraea
›
Ooceraea biroi
Ooceraea
biroi
(Forel, 1907)
valid
Cerapachys (Syscia) biroi
Forel, 1907d
: 7 (w.) SINGAPORE. Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Singapore: (no further data) (
L. Biró
). Primary type depositories:
HNHM
,
MHNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0907059
(
MHNG
).
Imai
et al.
, 1984
: 5 (k.)
Combination in
Ooceraea
:
Borowiec, 2016
: 198.
Status as species:
Emery, 1911e
: 10;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 20;
Brown, 1975
: 22, 73;
Onoyama, 1980a
: 196;
Ogata, 1983b
: 136;
Terayama
et al.
, 1988
: 38;
Morisita
et al.
, 1989
: 31;
Brandão, 1991
: 337;
Bolton, 1995b
: 142;
Tang
et al.
, 1995
: 25;
Wu & Wang, 1995a
: 48;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 210;
Lin & Wu, 2003
: 60;
Wetterer & Vargo, 2003
: 417;
Clouse, 2007b
: 203;
Framenau & Thomas, 2008
: 58;
Terayama, 2009
: 121;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 24;
Wetterer
et al.
, 2012
: 1;
Bharti & Akbar, 2013a
: 82 (in key);
Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013d
: 1192 (in key);
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 21;
Chen
et al.
, 2016
: 9 (in key);
Yamada
et al.
, 2018
: 21 (in key);
Rasheed
et al.
, 2019
: 428;
Zhou
et al.
, 2020
: 142 (in key);
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 25;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 32;
Gao
et al.
, 2024
: 109 (in key).
Senior synonym of
Ooceraea ierensis
:
Brown, 1975
: 22, 73;
Ogata, 1983b
: 136;
Brandão, 1991
: 337;
Bolton, 1995b
: 142.
Senior synonym of
Ooceraea seini
:
Brown, 1975
: 22, 73;
Ogata, 1983b
: 136;
Brandão, 1991
: 337;
Bolton, 1995b
: 142.
Senior synonym of
Ooceraea silvestrii
:
Brown, 1975
: 22, 73;
Onoyama, 1980a
: 196;
Ogata, 1983b
: 136;
Bolton, 1995b
: 142.
Senior synonym of
Ooceraea sinensis
:
Brown, 1975
: 22, 73;
Ogata, 1983b
: 136;
Bolton, 1995b
: 142.
Junior synonyms
Ooceraea ierensis
(Weber, 1939)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cerapachys ierensis
Ooceraea seini
(Mann, 1931)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cerapachys seini
Ooceraea silvestrii
(Wheeler, 1909)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cerapachys silvestrii
Ooceraea sinensis
(Wheeler, 1928)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cerapachys sinensis
Obsolete combinations
Cerapachys biroi
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