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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Camponotini
›
Polyrhachis
›
Polyrhachis (Myrma)
›
Polyrhachis cupreopubescens
Polyrhachis
cupreopubescens
Forel, 1879
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Polyrhachis militaris
(Fabricius, 1782)
Polyrhachis militaris r. cupreopubescens
Forel, 1879a
: 120 (q.) AFRICA.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Africa: (no further data) (coll. Saussure). Primary type depository:
MHNG
.
[Misspelled as
cupreopubens
by
Bernard, 1953b
: 264.]
Forel, 1907d
: 38 (w.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e
: 207 (l.)
Combination in
Polyrhachis (Myrma)
:
Santschi, 1914b
: 140.
Status as species:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 261.
Subspecies of
Polyrhachis militaris
:
André, 1887
: 287 (in key);
Emery, 1892f
: 566;
Emery, 1893m
: 265 (footnote);
Mayr, 1895
: 154;
André, 1895a
: 1;
Emery, 1896j
: 379 (in list);
Forel, 1901m
: 77;
Forel, 1907d
: 38;
Forel, 1909b
: 54;
Santschi, 1910c
: 400;
Stitz, 1910
: 150;
Forel, 1911f
: 372;
Stitz, 1911b
: 392;
Forel, 1912k
: 180;
Forel, 1913b
: 347;
Forel, 1913i
: 357;
Santschi, 1914b
: 140;
Forel, 1916
: 447;
Stitz, 1916
: 404;
Wheeler, 1922
: 260, 998;
Santschi, 1924b
: 223 (in key);
Emery, 1925d
: 199;
Wheeler, 1925b
: 3;
Menozzi, 1933a
: 113;
Santschi, 1937b
: 104;
Santschi, 1937d
: 243;
Menozzi, 1942a
: 181;
Eidmann, 1944
: 467;
Bernard, 1953b
: 264.
Junior synonym of
Polyrhachis militaris
:
Bolton, 1973b
: 313;
Bolton, 1995b
: 346;
Dorow, 1995
: 36;
Rigato, 2016
: 31.
Obsolete combinations
Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens
Citations
André, Ern.
1887.
Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues.
Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6:280-298.
PDF
André, Ern.
1895a.
Formicides de l'Ogooué (Congo français).
Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 14:1-5.
PDF
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.
1973b.
The ant genus
Polyrhachis
F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 28:283-369.
PDF
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
Dorow, W. H. O.
1995.
Revision of the ant genus
Polyrhachis
Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography.
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113.
PDF
Eidmann, H.
1944.
Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 76:413-490.
PDF
Emery, C.
1892f ("1891").
Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60:553-574.
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.
1896j.
Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi
Camponotus
,
Polyrhachis
e affini.
Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780].
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Forel, A.
1879a.
Études myrmécologiques en 1879 (deuxième partie [1re partie en 1878]).
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 16:53-128.
PDF
Forel, A.
1901m.
Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue
Calyptomyrmex
-,
Dacryon
-,
Podomyrma
- und
Echinopla
-Arten.
Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 18:43-82.
PDF
Forel, A.
1907d.
Formicides du Musée National Hongrois.
Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 5:1-42.
PDF
Forel, A.
1909b.
Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53:51-73.
PDF
Forel, A.
1911f.
Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 47:331-400.
PDF
Forel, A.
1912k.
Die Weibchen der "Treiberameisen"
Anomma
nigricans
Illiger und
Anomma
Wilverthi
Emery, nebst einigen andern Ameisen aus Uganda.
Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 29:173-181.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913b.
Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913i.
Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:347-359.
PDF
Forel, A.
1916.
Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1895.
Afrikanische Formiciden.
Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 10:124-154.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1933a.
Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova. II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [concl.].
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 56:113-114.
Menozzi, C.
1942a.
Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 140:164-182.
PDF
Rigato, F.
2016.
The ant genus
Polyrhachis
F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 4088:1-50.
10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1
PDF
Santschi, F.
1910c ("1909").
Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1914b.
Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae.
Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1924b.
Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1937b.
Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 17:93-104.
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
Stitz, H.
1910.
Westafrikanische Ameisen. I.
Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151.
PDF
Stitz, H.
1911b.
Formicidae.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 3:375-392.
Stitz, H.
1916.
Formiciden.
Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1:369-405.
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1953e.
The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46:175-217.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Wheeler, W. M.
1925b.
Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 10. Formicidae.
Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(25):1-3.
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ceramensis
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continua
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cornuta
crassispinosa
cubaensis
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cyaniventris
cybele
decellei
decemdentata
decipiens
diana
dimoculata
doudou
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durbanensis
edentula
empesoi
epinotalis
esarata
festina
fisheri
fissa
foreli
gagates
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gazelle
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hemiopticoides
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inusitata
isacantha
ithona
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laboriosa
lanuginosa
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latona
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lestoni
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litigiosa
longiseta
luteipes
manusensis
masaokai
medusa
militaris
monista
murina
narendrani
neuguinensis
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nigra
nigrita
nigropilosa
noesaensis
noonananti
numeria
obesior
obliqua
ogatai
olena
omissa
orsylla
otleti
palawanensis
parabiotica
paracamponota
phidias
philippinensis
pirata
planoculata
platyomma
procera
proxima
pruinosa
pubescens
pulleni
punctillata
regesa
relucens
revoili
rixosa
robusta
rufipalpis
rufofemorata
salomo
schistacea
schlueteri
sculpturata
selecta
semitestacea
sericata
sericeopubescens
similis
simpla
sinuata
spinicola
spinifera
spitteleri
starri
stitzi
striata
striatorugosa
submarginata
subpilosa
sulcata
tapini
terminata
transiens
tyrannica
vanachterbergi
vestita
vigilans
villipes
vindex
viola
viscosa
volkarti
watanasiti
weissi
wellmani
wilmsi
wolfi
yerburyi
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