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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
›
Vollenhovia
›
Vollenhovia escherichi
Vollenhovia
escherichi
Forel, 1911
valid
Vollenhovia escherichi
Forel, 1911b
: 198 (footnote) (w.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Peradeniya (
K. Escherich
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0908656
.
Status as species:
Emery, 1922c
: 164;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 170;
Ettershank, 1966
: 149;
Bolton, 1995b
: 422;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 101;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 113;
Akbar
et al.
, 2023
: 81.
Citations
Akbar, S. A.
;
Bharti, H.
;
Schifani, E.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
2023.
Overview of the ant genus
Vollenhovia
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species.
European Journal of Taxonomy 908:77-107.
10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dias, R. K. S.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Akbar, S. A.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Udayakantha, W. S.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
2020.
The ants (
Hymenoptera
,
Formicidae
) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.
ZooKeys 967:1-142.
10.3897/zookeys.967.54432
PDF
Emery, C.
1922c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206.
PDF
Ettershank, G.
1966.
A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to
Solenopsis
and
Pheidologeton
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171.
PDF
Forel, A.
1911b.
Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. II. Theil.
Notes from the Leyden Museum 33:193-218.
PDF
Wang, W. Y.
;
Soh, E. J. Y.
;
Yong, G. W. J.
;
Wong, M. K. L.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Yamane, S.
2022.
Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy.
Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006:1-152. [online early]
10.20362/am.015006
PDF
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