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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ectatomminae
›
Ectatommini
›
Alfaria
›
Alfaria minuta
Alfaria
minuta
Emery, 1896
valid
Alfaria minuta
Emery, 1896g
: 106 (q.) The correct spelling,
minuta
, is cited earlier in same paper (
Emery, 1896g
: 43). BOLIVIA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype queens. Primary type locality: Bolivia: chaco (no further data) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Primary type depository:
MSNG
.
Combination in
Gnamptogenys
:
Brown, 1958g
: 228
Combination in
Alfaria
:
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Status as species:
Emery, 1911e
: 46;
Borgmeier, 1949
: 205 (in key);
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 316;
Kempf, 1961b
: 492;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Lattke
et al.
, 2004
: 346;
Lattke
et al.
, 2007
: 264 (in key);
Lattke
et al.
, 2008
: 93;
Feitosa, 2015c
: 98;
Guénard & Economo, 2015
: 226;
Lattke & Delsinne, 2016
: 142;
Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019
: 672;
Camacho
et al.
, 2020
: 462 (in key);
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Senior synonym of
Alfaria carinata
:
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 317;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Brandão & Lattke, 1990
: 489;
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Senior synonym of
Alfaria emeryi
:
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 317;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Brandão & Lattke, 1990
: 489;
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Senior synonym of
Alfaria mus
:
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 317;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Brandão & Lattke, 1990
: 489;
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Senior synonym of
Alfaria panamensis
:
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 317;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Brandão & Lattke, 1990
: 489;
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Senior synonym of
Alfaria pneodonax
:
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Senior synonym of
Alfaria scabrosa
:
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 317;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Brandão & Lattke, 1990
: 489;
Lattke, 1992a
: 127;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Junior synonyms
Alfaria carinata
Weber, 1940
Obsolete combination(s):
Gnamptogenys carinata
Alfaria emeryi
Forel, 1901
Obsolete combination(s):
Gnamptogenys emeryi
Alfaria mus
Santschi, 1931
Obsolete combination(s):
Gnamptogenys mus
Alfaria panamensis
Weber, 1940
Obsolete combination(s):
Gnamptogenys panamensis
Alfaria pneodonax
(Kempf, 1968)
Obsolete combination(s):
Gnamptogenys pneodonax
Alfaria scabrosa
(Mann, 1922)
Obsolete combination(s):
Opisthoscyphus scabrosus
,
Gnamptogenys scabrosa
Obsolete combinations
Gnamptogenys minuta
Citations
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
Brandão, C. R. F.
;
Lattke, J. E.
1990.
Description of a new Ecuadorean
Gnamptogenys
species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a discussion on the status of the
Alfaria
group.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98:489-494.
PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1957k.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in
Alfaria
,
Gnamptogenys
,
Heteroponera
,
Opisthoscyphus
,
Paranomopone
,
Proceratium
and
Sysphingta
attributed to Brown.].
Pp. 112-118 in:
Borgmeier, T.
1957a.
Myrmecologische Studien, I.
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 29:103-128.
PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1958g.
Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera).
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362.
PDF
Camacho, G. P.
;
Franco, W.
;
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Pie, M. R.
;
Longino, J. T.
;
Schultz, T. R.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2022.
UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus.
Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20.
10.1093/isd/ixab026
PDF
Camacho, G. P.
;
Franco, W.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2020.
Additions to the taxonomy of Gnamptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) with an updated key to the New World species.
Zootaxa 4747 (3):450-476.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.2
PDF
Emery, C.
1896g.
Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV.
Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 28:33-107.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Feitosa, R. M.
2015c.
Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil.
Pp. 95-102 in:
Delabie, J. H. C.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
;
Serrão, J. E.
;
Mariano, C. S. F.
;
Majer, J. D.
(eds.) 2015.
As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil.
Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp.
PDF
Feitosa, R. M.
;
Prada-Achiardi, F. C.
2019.
Subfamilia Ectatomminae. Capítulo 22.
Pp. 659-679 in:
Fernández, F.
;
Guerrero, R. J.
;
Delsinne, T.
(eds.) 2019d.
Hormigas de Colombia.
Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp.
PDF
Guénard, B.
;
Economo, E. P.
2015.
Additions to the checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru.
Zootaxa 4040 (2):225-235.
10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.8
Kempf, W. W.
1961b.
A survey of the ants of the soil fauna in Surinam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica 4:481-524.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Lattke, J. E.
1992a.
Revision of the
minuta
-group of the genus
Gnamptogenys
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (N.F.)39:123-129.
PDF
Lattke, J. E.
;
Delsinne, T.
2016.
Revisionary and natural history notes on some species of the genus
Gnamptogenys
Roger, 1863.
Myrmecological News 22:141-147.
PDF
Lattke, J. E.
;
Fernández, F.
;
Arias-Penna, T. M.
;
Palacio, E. E.
;
MacKay, W.
;
MacKay, E.
2008.
Género
Gnamptogenys
Roger.
Pp. 66-100 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
Lattke, J. E.
;
Fernández, F.
;
Palacio, E. E.
2004.
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Gnamptogenys
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y comentarios sobre las especies del género en Colombia y Ecuador.
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PDF
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;
Fernández, F.
;
Palacio, E. E.
2007.
Identification of the species of
Gnamptogenys
Roger in the Americas.
Pp. 254-270 in:
Snelling, R. R.
;
Fisher, B. L.
;
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(eds.) 2007.
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