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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
Mycetomoellerius
›
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis
Mycetomoellerius
jamaicensis
(André, 1893)
valid
Atta (Acromyrmex) jamaicensis
André, 1893b
: 149 (w.) JAMAICA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Jamaica: (no further data) (
W.J. Fox
). Primary type depository:
MNHN
.
Wheeler, 1907d
: 713 (q.m.);
Wheeler, 1949
: 674 (l.)
Combination in
Atta (Trachymyrmex)
:
Wheeler, 1907d
: 712.
Combination in
Cyphomyrmex (Trachymyrmex)
:
Emery, 1924f
: 345.
Combination in
Trachymyrmex
:
Gallardo, 1916c
: 242;
Kempf, 1972b
: 253.
Combination in
Mycetomoellerius
:
Solomon
et al.
, 2019
: 948.
Status as species:
Wheeler, 1905c
: 130;
Wheeler, 1907d
: 712 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1908a
: 149;
Wheeler, 1908b
: 162;
Wheeler, 1911a
: 29;
Wheeler, 1911i
: 249 (in key);
Wheeler & Mann, 1914
: 41;
Mann, 1920b
: 428;
Emery, 1924f
: 345;
Wheeler, 1936c
: 204;
Smith, 1937
: 860;
Weber, 1938b
: 196;
Smith, 1951c
: 831;
Smith, 1954c
: 9;
Smith, 1958c
: 137;
Kempf, 1972b
: 253;
Smith, 1979
: 1411;
Deyrup
et al.
, 1989
: 98;
Bolton, 1995b
: 420;
Deyrup, 2003
: 47;
Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007
: 13 (redescription);
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 11 (redescription);
Deyrup, 2017
: 154;
Lubertazzi, 2019
: 196.
Senior synonym of
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis cubaensis
:
Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007
: 13;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 12.
Senior synonym of
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis frontalis
:
Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007
: 13;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 12.
Senior synonym of
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis maritima
:
Wheeler, 1907d
: 712;
Smith, 1951c
: 831;
Smith, 1954c
: 9;
Smith, 1979
: 1411;
Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007
: 13;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 12.
Senior synonym of
Mycetomoellerius sharpii
:
Wheeler, 1907d
: 712;
Smith, 1951c
: 831;
Smith, 1954c
: 9;
Smith, 1979
: 1411;
Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007
: 13;
Rabeling
et al.
, 2007
: 11.
Junior synonyms
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis cubaensis
(Wheeler, 1937)
Obsolete combination(s):
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis frontalis
(Santschi, 1925)
Obsolete combination(s):
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis frontalis
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis maritima
(Wheeler, 1905)
Obsolete combination(s):
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis maritima
,
Atta maritima
Mycetomoellerius sharpii
(Forel, 1893)
Obsolete combination(s):
Trachymyrmex sharpii
,
Atta sharpii
Obsolete combinations
Atta jamaicensis
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
M. j. antiguensis
(Weber, 1938)
Citations
André, Ern.
1893b.
Description de quatre espèces nouvelles de fourmis d'Amérique.
Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 12:148-152.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Deyrup, M.
2003.
An updated list of Florida ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Florida Entomologist 86:43-48.
PDF
Deyrup, M.
2017.
Ants of Florida. Identification and natural history.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group), 423 pp.
Deyrup, M.
;
Johnson, C.
;
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1989.
A preliminary list of the ants of Florida.
Florida Entomologist 72:91-101.
PDF
Emery, C.
1924f ("1922").
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.].
Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397.
PDF
Gallardo, A.
1916c.
Notas acerca de la hormiga
Trachymyrmex
pruinosus
Emery.
Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:241-252.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Lubertazzi, D.
2019.
The ants of Hispaniola.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210.
10.3099/MCZ-43.1
PDF
Mann, W. M.
1920b.
Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42:403-439.
PDF
Mayhé-Nunes, A. J.
;
Brandão, C. R. F.
2007.
Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus
Trachymyrmex
Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 1444:1-21.
PDF
Rabeling, C.
;
Cover, S. P.
;
Johnson, R. A.
;
Mueller, U. G.
2007.
A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus
Trachymyrmex
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 1664:1-53.
PDF
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.
1937 ("1936").
The ants of Puerto Rico.
Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 20:819-875.
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.
1954c.
Ants of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
American Museum Novitates 1671:1-16.
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
Solomon, S. E.
;
Rabeling, C.
;
Sosa-Calvo, J.
;
Lopes, C. T.
;
Rodrigues, A.
;
Vasconcelos, H. L.
;
Bacci, M., Jr.
;
Mueller, U. G.
;
Schultz, T. R.
2019.
The molecular phylogenetics of
Trachymyrmex
Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture.
Systematic Entomology 44:939-956.
10.1111/syen.12370
PDF
Weber, N. A.
1938b.
The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia.
Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 9:154-206.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
1949 ("1948").
The larvae of the fungus-growing ants.
American Midland Naturalist 40:664-689.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1905c.
The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1907d.
The fungus-growing ants of North America.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1908a.
The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:117-158.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1908b.
The ants of Jamaica.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:159-163.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1911a.
Additions to the ant-fauna of Jamaica.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:21-29.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1911i.
Descriptions of some new fungus-growing ants from Texas, with Mr. C. G. Hartman's observations on their habits.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19:245-255.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1936c.
Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:195-211.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
;
Mann, W. M.
1914.
The ants of Haiti.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61.
PDF
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