Paratopula
Wheeler, 1919
valid
feminine
Paratopula
Wheeler, 1919f:
144
Type-species:
Atopomyrmex ceylonicus (obsolete combination of Paratopula ceylonica), by original designation.
- Paratopula in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini: Wheeler, 1922: 663.
- Paratopula in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
- Paratopula in Myrmicinae, Paratopulini: Bolton, 2003: 65.
- Paratopula as junior synonym of Atopula: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional].
- Paratopula as genus: Bolton, 1988b: 125.
- Paratopula in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015: 17.
Genus Paratopula references
Chapman & Capco, 1951: 115, 118 (Asia checklist); Bolton, 1988b: 125 (diagnosis, review of genus, all species revision, worker key, male key); Bolton, 1995a: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 312 (catalogue); Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (all species worker key); Luo et al., 2017: 1 (all species worker key); Cantone, 2017: 225 (brief male diagnosis)
Citations
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Bolton, B. 1988b. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124:125-143.
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Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
122834
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Bolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056.
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Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp.
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123216
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Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp.
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143115
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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.
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Luo; Y. Y.; Guénard, B. 2017 ("2016"). Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma (Hymenopytera: Formicidae) from Hong Kong, with a discussion on their ecology. Asian Myrmecology 8:1-16.
10.20362/am.008016 PDF
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Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81.
10.1111/syen.12090 PDF
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Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.
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Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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Xu, Z.-H.; Xu, G.-L. 2011. A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Tibet. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36:595-597.
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Extant: 12 valid species
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