Chelaner antarcticus
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Atta antarctica
Smith, 1858a:
167 (q.)
NEW ZEALAND.
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: New Zealand (no further data). Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
Original description is by Smith, 1858a: 167, not by White, 1846: 27; discussion of publication date and authorship in Bolton, 1987: 288. Hence antarcticum White, sensu Forel, 1892c: 334, Forel, 1905d: 354, Brown, 1958h: 29, Ettershank, 1966: 96, Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 62 are incorrect attributions of authorship and date.
- Emery, 1887g: 458 (w.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c: 123 (l.)
- Combination in Monomorium: Mayr, 1886c: 360.
- Combination in Aphaenogaster: Butler, 1874: 27.
- Combination in Monomorium (Notomyrmex): Emery, 1915g: 190.
- Combination in Notomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1960b: 343.
- Combination in Monomorium: Bolton, 1987: 286.
- Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 96; Sparks et al., 2019: 232
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 395; Butler, 1874: 27; Hutton, 1881: 116; Emery, 1887f: 458; Forel, 1892c: 339; Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1905d: 354; Stitz, 1911a: 367; Emery, 1922c: 169; Mann, 1925b: 5; Wheeler, 1935g: 24; Brown, 1958h: 29; Taylor & Wilson, 1962: 138; Ettershank, 1966: 96; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 62, 103; Bolton, 1987: 288; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 259; Don, 2007: 102; Ramage, 2014: 164; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
- Senior synonym of Chelaner fulvum: Emery, 1887f: 458; Forel, 1892c: 339; Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1905d: 354; Emery, 1922c: 169; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
- Senior synonym of Chelaner integrum: Brown, 1958h: 29; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
- Senior synonym of Chelaner nitidum: Brown, 1958h: 29; Ettershank, 1966: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
- Senior synonym of Chelaner rapaense: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 62; Bolton, 1995b: 259; Ramage, 2014: 164.
- Senior synonym of Chelaner succineum: Brown, 1958h: 29; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
- Senior synonym of Chelaner suteri: Brown, 1958h: 29; Ettershank, 1966: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
Junior synonyms
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Chelaner fulvum
(Mayr, 1862)
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium fulvum
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Chelaner integrum
(Forel, 1894)
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium integrum
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Chelaner nitidum
(Smith, 1876)
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium nitidum, Tetramorium nitidum
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Chelaner rapaense
(Wheeler, 1936)
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium rapaense
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Chelaner succineum
(Stitz, 1911)
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium succineum
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Chelaner suteri
(Forel, 1892)
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium suteri
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958h. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterologica 1:1-50. PDF
- Butler, A. G. 1874. Insects. In: Richardson, J.; Gray, J. E. (eds.) 1874. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. 2 [part]. London: E. W. Janson, pp. 25-51, pl. 7-10.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Don, W. 2007. Ants of New Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 239 pp.
- 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. PDF
- Emery, C. 1887g. 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]:449-464.
- Emery, C. 1915g. Noms de sous-genres et de genres proposés pour la sous-famille des Myrmicinae. Modifications à la classification de ce groupe (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1915:189-192. PDF
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
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- Forel, A. 1905d. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37:353-355. PDF
- Hutton, F. W. 1881. Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera; with description of the species. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey of New Zealand. New Zealand: Wellington, 132 pp.
- Kusnezov, N. 1960b ("1959"). La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 17:321-401. PDF
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- Ramage, T. 2014. Les fourmis de Polynésie française (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 119 (2):145-176. PDF
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- Sparks, K. S.; Andersen, A. N.; Austin, A. D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33:225-236. 10.1071/ISI6080 PDF
- Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911:351-381. PDF
- Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
- Taylor, R. W.; Wilson, E. O. 1962 ("1961"). Ants from three remote oceanic islands. Psyche (Cambridge) 68:137-144. PDF
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- Wheeler, W. M. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
- White, A. 1846. Insects. In: Richardson, J.; Gray, J. E. (eds.) 1846. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. 2 [part]. London: E. W. Janson, pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6.
- Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF