Cataulacus parallelus

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Cataulacus parallelus Smith, 1853 junior synonym of current valid taxon Cataulacus guineensis Smith, 1853

Cataulacus parallelus Smith, 1853: 226, pl. 19, fig. 6 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA (locality in error). Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Smith, 1853 says “I have only seen the specimen in my own Collection". 2) Either the type locality is incorrect or the specimen has been incorrectly labelled; distribution of the species is forested West and Central Africa (Bolton, 1974a: 55).

Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 196; Smith, 1862d: 414; Mayr, 1863a: 403; Roger, 1863b: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893: 138; Arnold, 1917: 402; Wheeler, 1922: 915; Emery, 1924f: 297.
Junior synonym of Cataulacus guineensis: Bolton, 1974a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 139.

Citations

Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:271-402. PDF
Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:1-105. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
Smith, F. 1853 ("1854"). Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)2:213-228. PDF
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
Smith, F. 1862d. A list of the genera and species belonging to the family Cryptoceridae, with descriptions of new species; also a list of the species of the genus Echinopla. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3)1:407-416. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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