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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Atta mexicana
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Atta
mexicana
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Oecodoma mexicana
Smith, 1858a
: 185, pl. 10, fig. 20 (q.m.) MEXICO. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Mexico: (no further data). Primary type depository:
BMNH
.
Norton, 1868c
: 9 (s.w.)
Combination in
Atta
:
Roger, 1863b
: 35.
Combination in
Atta (Archeatta)
:
Gonçalves, 1942
: 343.
Junior synonym of
Atta fervens
:
Roger, 1863b
: 35;
Mayr, 1865
: 81;
Forel, 1885a
: 362;
Mayr, 1886d
: 442;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 152;
Forel, 1899b
: 33.
Subspecies of
Atta insularis
:
Emery, 1913c
: 259;
Emery, 1924f
: 354.
Status as species:
Mayr, 1863a
: 438;
Norton, 1868a
: 66;
Norton, 1868c
: 9;
Wheeler, 1907d
: 703;
Wheeler, 1934f
: 140;
Wheeler, 1935g
: 34;
Gonçalves, 1942
: 343;
Borgmeier, 1950d
: 261;
Smith, 1951c
: 832;
Smith, 1958c
: 138;
Borgmeier, 1959b
: 351 (redescription);
Smith, 1967a
: 363;
Kempf, 1972b
: 27;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975
: 22;
Smith, 1979
: 1413;
Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989
: 53;
Bolton, 1995b
: 76;
Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012
: 257.
Obsolete combinations
Oecodoma mexicana
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1950d.
Estudos sôbre
Atta
(Hym. Formicidae).
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 48:239-263.
PDF
Borgmeier, T.
1959b.
Revision der Gattung
Atta
Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:321-390.
PDF
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Sáenz, L.
2012.
Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala.
Pp. 221-268 in:
Cano, E. B.
;
Schuster, J. C.
(eds.) 2012.
Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2.
Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp.
PDF
Cherrett, J. M.
;
Cherrett, F. J.
1989.
A bibliography of the leaf-cutting ants,
Atta
spp. and
Acromyrmex
spp., up to 1975.
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute Bulletin 14:1-58.
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.
1913c.
Études sur les Myrmicinae. [V-VII.].
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:250-262.
PDF
Emery, C.
1924f ("1922").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].
Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397.
PDF
Forel, A.
1885a ("1884").
Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 20:316-380.
PDF
Forel, A.
1899b.
Formicidae. [part].
Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24.
PDF
Gonçalves, C. R.
1942.
Contribuição para o conhecimento do gênero
Atta
Fabr., das formigas saúvas
.
Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Agronomia 5:333-358.
PDF
Hunt, J. H.
;
Snelling, R. R.
1975.
A checklist of the ants of Arizona.
Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1865.
Formicidae.
In:
Novara Expedition
1865.
Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1.
Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1886d.
Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:419-464.
PDF
Norton, E.
1868a.
Notes on Mexican ants.
American Naturalist 2:57-72.
PDF
Norton, E.
1868c.
Description of Mexican ants noticed in the American Naturalist, April, 1868.
Proceedings of the Essex Institute (Communications) 6:1-10.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Hurd, P. D.
;
Smith, D. R.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1979.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata).
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
Krombein, K. V.
;
Townes, H. K.
(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1958c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 108-162 in:
Krombein, K. V.
(ed.) 1958.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305.
PDF
Smith, M. R.
1967a.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 343-374 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1967.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1907d.
The fungus-growing ants of North America.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1934f.
Ants from the islands off the west coast of Lower California and Mexico.
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 10:132-144.
PDF
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1935g.
Check list of the ants of Oceania.
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