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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Amblyoponinae
›
Amblyoponini
›
Prionopelta
›
Prionopelta amabilis
Prionopelta
amabilis
Borgmeier, 1949
valid
Prionopelta amabilis
Borgmeier, 1949
: 203, figs. 3-5 (w.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Hamburg Farm (
F. Nevermann
). Primary type depository:
MCZC
. Primary type specimen: MCZT-34787.
Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
: 214 (q.m.)
Status as species:
Brown, 1960a
: 177, 217;
Kempf, 1972b
: 210;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1986b
: 45;
Bolton, 1995b
: 365;
Arias-Penna, 2008a
: 49;
Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012
: 253;
Fernández
et al.
, 2019
: 507;
Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
: 213 (redescription).
Citations
Arias-Penna, T. M.
2008a.
Subfamilia Amblyoponinae.
Pp. 41-51 in:
Jiménez, E.
;
Fernández, F.
;
Arias, T.M.
;
Lozano-Zambrano, F. H.
(eds.) 2008.
Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia.
Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1949.
Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Costa Rica e da Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Revista Brasileira de Biologia 9:201-210.
PDF
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Sáenz, L.
2012.
Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala.
Pp. 221-268 in:
Cano, E. B.
;
Schuster, J. C.
(eds.) 2012.
Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2.
Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp.
PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1960a.
Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera).
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122:143-230.
PDF
Fernández, F.
;
Delsinne, T.
;
Arias-Penna, T. M.
2019.
Subfamilia Amblyoponinae. Capítulo 16.
Pp. 501-508 in:
Fernández, F.
;
Guerrero, R. J.
;
Delsinne, T.
(eds.) 2019d.
Hormigas de Colombia.
Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp.
PDF
Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1986b.
Ecology and behavior of the primitive cryptobiotic ant
Prionopelta
amabilis
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Insectes Sociaux 33:45-58.
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Ladino, N.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2020.
Taxonomic revision of the genus
Prionopelta
Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region.
Zootaxa 4821 (2):201-249.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.1
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