Polyergus rufescens umbratus
Creighton, 1950
junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyergus mexicanus Forel, 1899
Polyergus rufescens subsp. umbratus
Creighton, 1950a:
560 (w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Brookdale (H. Heath). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, USNM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0172897.
- [First available use of Polyergus rufescens breviceps umbratus ; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1917a: 555; Emery, 1925d: 269; Smith, 1947g: 160; Smith, 1951c: 874.
- Subspecies of Polyergus rufescens: Smith, 1958c: 161; Smith, 1967a: 374; Kutter, 1968c: 208.
- Junior synonym of Polyergus breviceps: Wheeler, 1968: 163; Smith, 1979: 1466; Bolton, 1995b: 342.
- Junior synonym of Polyergus mexicanus: Trager, 2013: 515.
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1947g. A study of Polyergus in the United States, based on the workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Midland Naturalist 38:150-161. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
- Trager, J. C. 2013. Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Formicinae, Formicini). Zootaxa 3722 (4):501-548. PDF
- Wheeler, J. 1968. Male genitalia and the taxonomy of Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70:156-164. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
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homonym
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