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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Camponotini
›
Dinomyrmex
›
Dinomyrmex gigas
Dinomyrmex
gigas
(Latreille, 1802)
valid
Formica gigas
Latreille, 1802a
: 105, pl. 2, fig. 6 (s.) "GRANDES-INDES". Indomalaya.
Type notes:
No state data, "Grandes-Indes", probably the modern Malaysia + Indonesia.
[Misspelled as
gigax
by
Santschi, 1933e
: 3.]
Smith, 1858a
: 14 (w.q.m.)
Combination in
Camponotus
:
Mayr, 1862
: 669.
Combination in
Dinomyrmex
:
Ashmead, 1905c
: 384.
Combination in
Camponotus (Myrmogigas)
:
Forel, 1912j
: 91.
Combination in
Camponotus (Dinomyrmex)
:
Forel, 1914a
: 268;
Emery, 1925d
: 70.
Combination in
Dinomyrmex
:
Ward
et al.
, 2016
: 355.
Status as species:
Smith, 1857a
: 53;
Smith, 1858a
: 14;
Mayr, 1862
: 669 (redescription);
Mayr, 1863a
: 399;
Roger, 1863b
: 3, 44;
Smith, 1865a
: 68;
Mayr, 1867a
: 37 (redescription);
Smith, 1871a
: 303;
Mayr, 1872
: 133;
Forel, 1879a
: 89;
Forel, 1886d
: 239;
Forel, 1886h
: 172;
Emery, 1887a
: 214;
Forel, 1892k
: 235;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 232;
Emery, 1893g
: 195;
Emery, 1896j
: 370 (in list);
Emery, 1900
: 700;
Bingham, 1903
: 369;
Wheeler, 1909d
: 342;
Forel, 1911f
: 377, 390;
Forel, 1913l
: 122;
Viehmeyer, 1914a
: 115;
Viehmeyer, 1916a
: 156;
Wheeler, 1919f
: 105;
Crawley, 1924a
: 406;
Emery, 1925d
: 70;
Stitz, 1925c
: 126;
Wheeler, 1927h
: 101;
Santschi, 1928h
: 132;
Wheeler, 1929h
: 57;
Menozzi, 1930a
: 3;
Santschi, 1932d
: 18;
Santschi, 1933e
: 3;
Teranishi, 1940
: 69;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 229;
Baltazar, 1966
: 270;
Bolton, 1995b
: 102;
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005
: 14;
Karmaly & Narendran, 2006
: 68;
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 37;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 50;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 46.
Obsolete combinations
Camponotus gigas
Formica gigas
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
D. g. borneensis
(Emery, 1887)
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1995b.
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;
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1951.
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1924a.
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1893g.
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1896j.
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Camponotus
,
Polyrhachis
e affini.
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1900.
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1925d.
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PDF
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PDF
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1886d.
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PDF
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1886h.
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PDF
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1892k.
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PDF
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1911f.
Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes.
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PDF
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1912j.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1913l.
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PDF
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1914a.
Le genre
Camponotus
Mayr et les genres voisins.
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PDF
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;
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2005.
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PDF
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;
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Camponotus
Mayr.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
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2020.
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PDF
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1802a.
Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes.
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PDF
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1862.
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PDF
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1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
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PDF
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1867a.
Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum.
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PDF
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1872.
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PDF
Menozzi, C.
1930a.
Formiche di Sumatra raccolte dal Prof. J. C. van der Meer Mohr.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
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;
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PDF
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1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
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PDF
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1928h.
Fourmis de Sumatra, récoltées par Mr. J. B. Corporaal.
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PDF
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1932d.
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1871a.
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1925c.
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