Thaumatomyrmex

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Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 1887 valid masculine

Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 1887: 530 Type-species: Thaumatomyrmex mutilatus, by monotypy.

Thaumatomyrmex in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 46 [Ponerinae]; Emery, 1896e: 176 [Ponerinae].
Thaumatomyrmex in Pachycondylinae, Cylindromyrmecini: Ashmead, 1905c: 382 [Cylindromyrmicini].
Thaumatomyrmex in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Emery, 1895l: 767; Wheeler, 1910a: 135.
Thaumatomyrmex in Ponerinae, Thaumatomyrmecini: Emery, 1901b: 36 [Thaumatomyrmii]; Emery, 1911e: 48; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 644; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 732; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Bolton, 2003: 44, 171.
Thaumatomyrmex in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Forel, 1895b: 111; Kempf, 1972b: 250; Kempf, 1975b: 95; Brandão, 1991: 381; Jaffe, 1993: 8.
Thaumatomyrmex in Ponerinae, Ponerini, Pachycondyla genus group: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 159.
Thaumatomyrmex as genus: all authors.

Genus Thaumatomyrmex catalogues

Dalla Torre, 1893: 46; Emery, 1911e: 48; Kempf, 1972b: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 420; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 161 (species checklist).

Genus Thaumatomyrmex references

Emery, 1911e: 48 (diagnosis); Weber, 1939a: 98 (all species key); Weber, 1942c: 68 (all species key); Smith, 1944b: 98 (all species key); Kempf, 1975b: 95 (tribe revision, all species revision, key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b: 49 (larvae, review & synthesis); Longino, 1988: 35 (all species revision, diagnostics); Bolton, 1994: 164 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1053 (census); Bolton, 2003: 44, 171 (diagnosis, synopsis); Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003b: 276 (Cuba species key); Mackay et al., 2008: 211 (all species key); Jahyny et al., 2008: 335 (Colombia species key); Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 159 (diagnosis, synoptic description, distribution, ecology and behavior, phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations); Baccaro et al., 2015: 340 (genus in Brazil); Cantone, 2017: 274 (brief male diagnosis); Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 547 (Colombia species key).

Citations

Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Canadian Entomologist 37:381-384. PDF
Baccaro, F. B.; Feitosa, R. M.; Fernández, F.; Fernandes, I. O.; Izzo, T. J.; de Souza, J. L. P.; Solar, R. 2015. Guia para os gêneros de formigas do Brasil. Manaus: Editora INPA, 388 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.32912 PDF
Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 2003b. The ant genus Thaumatomyrmex in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with description of two new species. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 76:263-277. PDF
Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
Bolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) 1988. Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp.
Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:721-737.
Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778. PDF
Emery, C. 1896e. Clef analytique des genres de la famille des Formicides, pour la détermination des neutres. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 40:172-189. PDF
Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J. 2019. Subfamilia Ponerinae. Capítulo 17. Pp. 509-553 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Jaffe, K. 1993. El mundo de las hormigas. Baruta, Venezuela: Equinoccio (Ediciones de la Universidad Simón Bolívar), 188 pp.
Jahyny, B.; Lacau, S.; Delabie, J. H. C.; Fresneau, D. 2008. Le genre Thaumatomyrmex Mayr 1887, cryptique et prédateur spécialiste de Diplopoda Penicillata. Pp. 329-346 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1975b. A revision of the Neotropical ponerine ant genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 18:95-126. PDF
Longino, J. T. 1988. Notes on the taxonomy of the neotropical ant genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 35-42 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E.; Fernández, F.; Arias-Penna, T. M. 2008. Género Pachycondyla (pp. 170-200); Género Platythyrea (pp. 206-209); Género Thaumatomyrmex (pp. 210-212). Pp. 170-212 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF
Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632. PDF
Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
Smith, M. R. 1944b. The ants of the genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr with the description of a new Panamanian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 46:97-99. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1939a. New ants of rare genera and a new genus of ponerine ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:91-104. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1942c. The genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr with description of a Venezuelan species (Hym.: Formicidae). Boletín de Entomologia Venezolana 1:65-71. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1976b. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 7:1-108. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 13 valid species

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