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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Megaponera
›
Megaponera abyssinica
Megaponera
abyssinica
(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Megaponera analis
(Latreille, 1802)
Ponera abyssinica
Guérin-Méneville, 1849
: 352, pl. 7, fig. 6 (w.) ETHIOPIA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype(?) worker. Primary type locality: Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): (no further data). Primary type depository:
MNHN
.
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a
: 90;
Radoszkowsky, 1876
: 140
Junior synonym of
Megaponera foetens
:
Roger, 1860
: 310;
Mayr, 1863a
: 428;
Roger, 1863b
: 17;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 31;
Emery, 1911e
: 68;
Wheeler, 1922
: 767;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 79.
Junior synonym of
Megaponera analis
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 302
Obsolete combinations
Ponera abyssinica
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.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Guérin-Méneville, F. E.
1849.
Insectes.
Pp. 241-398 in:
Lefebvre, T.
1849.
1847-1851. Voyage en Abyssinie exécuté pendant les années 1839-1843. Pt. IV. Tom. VI. Histoire naturelle - Zoologie.
Paris: Bertrand, 398 pp.
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1930b.
Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 9:76-130.
PDF
Radoszkowsky, O.
1876.
Comte-rendu des hyménoptères recueillis en Égypte et Abyssinie en 1873.
Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 12:111-150.
PDF
Roger, J.
1860.
Die
Ponera
-artigen Ameisen.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4:278-312.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
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.
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homonym
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