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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Myrmelachista nigella
Myrmelachista
nigella
(Roger, 1863)
valid
Decamera nigella
Roger, 1863a
: 167 (w.q.) VENEZUELA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 4 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Venezuela: (no further data) (
Thorey
). Primary type depository:
MNHU
.
Combination in
Myrmelachista
:
Emery, 1893m
: 175.
Combination in
Myrmelachista (Decamera)
:
Emery, 1890b
: 70;
Emery, 1925d
: 33.
Combination in
Myrmelachista (Hincksidris)
:
Kempf, 1972b
: 149.
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b
: 14;
Mayr, 1863a
: 459;
Emery, 1878a
: ix (in list);
Emery, 1890b
: 70;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 175;
Forel, 1904f
: 704;
Emery, 1925d
: 33;
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 139;
Wheeler, 1942
: 254;
Kempf, 1972b
: 149;
Bolton, 1995b
: 276.
Obsolete combinations
Decamera nigella
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
M. n. ruficornis
Santschi, 1936
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1927c.
Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae.
Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164.
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.
1878a.
Liste des fourmis de la collection de feu Camille van Volxem, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 21:viii-x.
PDF
Emery, C.
1890b.
Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)10:55-76.
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.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Forel, A.
1904f.
In und mit Pflanzen lebende Ameisen aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet und aus Peru, gesammelt von Herrn E. Ule.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 20:677-707.
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
Roger, J.
1863a.
Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7:131-214.
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Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1942.
Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262.
PDF
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