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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Myrmicaria
›
Myrmicaria natalensis
Myrmicaria
natalensis
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Physatta natalensis
Smith, 1858a
: 172 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository:
BMNH
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0900501
.
Santschi, 1925c
: 144 (q.m.)
Combination in
Heptacondylus
:
Roger, 1863b
: 27.
Combination in
Myrmicaria
:
Mayr, 1866b
: 905;
Emery, 1922c
: 123;
Santschi, 1933b
: 105.
Combination in
Myrmica
:
Santschi, 1925c
: 143 (error).
Senior synonym of
Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides
:
Mayr, 1866b
: 905;
Gerstäcker, 1871
: 356;
Emery, 1893g
: 219;
Wheeler, 1922
: 824;
Emery, 1922c
: 123.
[Note:
Mayr, 1866b
;
Gerstäcker, 1871
;
Emery, 1893g
;
Wheeler, 1922
;
Emery, 1922c
all give
Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides
as senior synonym, but
Myrmicaria natalensis
has priority.]
Status as species:
Roger, 1863b
: 27;
Mayr, 1863a
: 423;
Emery, 1922c
: 123;
Santschi, 1925c
: 143 (redescription);
Santschi, 1930b
: 61;
Santschi, 1933b
: 105;
Santschi, 1937d
: 226;
Bernard, 1953b
: 229;
Bolton, 1995b
: 285.
Senior synonym of
Myrmicaria sulcatus
:
Emery, 1893g
: 219;
Emery, 1922c
: 123;
Wheeler, 1922
: 824;
Santschi, 1925c
: 142;
Bolton, 1995b
: 285.
Junior synonyms
Myrmicaria sulcatus
(Mayr, 1862)
Obsolete combination(s):
Heptacondylus sulcatus
Obsolete combinations
Physatta natalensis
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
M. n. eumenoides
(Gerstäcker, 1859)
M. n. navicula
Santschi, 1925
M. n. nigriventris
Santschi, 1930
M. n. obscuriceps
Santschi, 1937
M. n. taeniata
Santschi, 1930
M. n. verticalis
Santschi, 1920
Citations
Bernard, F.
1953b ("1952").
La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C.
1893g.
Formicides de l'Archipel Malais.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1:187-229.
PDF
Emery, C.
1922c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206.
PDF
Gerstäcker, A.
1871.
Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte 37(1):345-363.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1866b.
Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16:885-908.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1925c ("1924").
Révision des
Myrmicaria
d'Afrique.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 64:133-176.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1930b.
Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1933b.
Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 73:95-108.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1937d.
Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 44:211-250.
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 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: 6 valid subspecies
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