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Formica ovata Reich, 1793 incertae sedis in genus, unidentifiable

Formica ovata Reich, 1793: 132 (no sex/caste given) FRENCH GUIANA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: indeterminate. Primary type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne (Le Blond). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: 1) Specimen(s) possibly in MNHN as Reich is attributed to the Natural History Society of Paris. 2) G.C. Reich is not mentioned in Horn & Kahle, 1935, Horn & Kahle, 1937. 3) Emery, 1892c: 163, Emery, 1893m: 203 (footnote), and Emery, 1911e: 71, suggest possible synonymy with Neoponera commutata Roger, 1860.

Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 203.
Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 200.
[Note: Emery, 1892c: 68; Emery, 1893m: 203 (footnote); Emery, 1911e: 71, suggest possible synonymy with Neoponera commutata Roger, 1860.]

Citations

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. 1892c ("1891"). Note sinonimiche sulle formiche. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 23:159-167. PDF
Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1935. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 1]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 2:1-160.
Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1937. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 3: continued from Horne & Kahle 1936]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 4:297-388.
Reich, G. C. 1793. Kurze Beschreibung neuen, oder noch wenig bekkanten Thiere, welche Herr Le Blond der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Paris aus Cayenne als Geschenk überschikt hat. Magazin des Thierreichs 1:128-134. PDF

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