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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
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Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
Acromyrmex
›
Acromyrmex octospinosus
Acromyrmex
octospinosus
(Reich, 1793)
valid
Formica octospinosa
Reich, 1793
: 132 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne (
Le Blond
). Primary type depository:
MNHN
?
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
Forel, 1893h
: 590 (s.q.m.);
Wheeler, 1949
: 674 (l.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986d
: 496 (l.).
Combination in
Atta
:
Emery, 1892c
: 163.
Combination in
Atta (Acromyrmex)
:
Forel, 1893h
: 590.
Combination in
Acromyrmex
:
Mann, 1916
: 454.
Status as species:
Forel, 1893h
: 590 (redescription);
André, 1893b
: 152;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 153;
Emery, 1894d
: 220;
Forel, 1895b
: 139;
Forel, 1899b
: 34;
Forel, 1905e
: 157;
Emery, 1905f
: 44;
Wheeler, 1905c
: 130;
Forel, 1907h
: 2;
Forel, 1908c
: 42;
Forel, 1908a
: 69;
Forel, 1912f
: 181;
Wheeler, 1913b
: 495;
Santschi, 1913h
: 41;
Mann, 1916
: 454;
Wheeler, 1916f
: 326;
Crawley, 1916b
: 373;
Wheeler, 1922e
: 13;
Emery, 1924f
: 350;
Santschi, 1925a
: 391 (in key);
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 134;
Wheeler, 1933a
: 63;
Wheeler, 1937c
: 15, 69;
Santschi, 1939e
: 319 (in key);
Santschi, 1939f
: 166;
Weber, 1941b
: 125;
Weber, 1945
: 62;
Weber, 1946c
: 154;
Brown, 1957e
: 236;
Gonçalves, 1961
: 157;
Kempf, 1972b
: 14;
Alayo, 1974
: 42;
Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989
: 51;
Bolton, 1995b
: 56;
Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012
: 257;
Fernández
et al.
, 2015
: 70 (redescription);
Fernández & Serna, 2019
: 834.
Senior synonym of
Acromyrmex guentheri
:
Emery, 1894d
: 220;
Forel, 1899b
: 34;
Santschi, 1913h
: 41;
Emery, 1924f
: 350;
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 134;
Gonçalves, 1961
: 157;
Kempf, 1972b
: 14;
Bolton, 1995b
: 56;
Fernández
et al.
, 2015
: 71.
Senior synonym of
Acromyrmex octospinosus pallida
:
Wheeler, 1937c
: 70;
Gonçalves, 1961
: 157;
Kempf, 1972b
: 14;
Bolton, 1995b
: 56;
Fernández
et al.
, 2015
: 71.
Junior synonyms
Acromyrmex guentheri
(Forel, 1893)
Obsolete combination(s):
Atta guentheri
Acromyrmex octospinosus pallida
Crawley, 1921
Obsolete combinations
Atta octospinosa
Formica octospinosa
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
A. o. cubanus
Wheeler, 1937
A. o. ekchuah
Wheeler, 1937
A. o. inti
Wheeler, 1937
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1974.
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PDF
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1927c.
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PDF
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;
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2012.
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PDF
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;
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1989.
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Acromyrmex
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PDF
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Ants from British Guiana.
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1893.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1892c ("1891").
Note sinonimiche sulle formiche.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1894d.
Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1905f.
Revisione delle specie del genere
Atta
appartenenti ai sottogeneri
Moellerius
e
Acromyrmex
.
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1924f ("1922").
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PDF
Fernández, F.
;
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;
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2015.
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&
Atta
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fauna de Colombia, Monografía No.5.
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PDF
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;
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2019.
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;
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;
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(eds.) 2019d.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1893h.
Note sur les Attini.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1895b.
A fauna das formigas do Brazil.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1899b.
Formicidae. [part].
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PDF
Forel, A.
1905e.
Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905).
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PDF
Forel, A.
1907h.
Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900.
Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 24:1-20.
PDF
Forel, A.
1908a.
Catálogo systemático da collecção de formigas do Ceará.
Boletim do Museu Rocha 1(1):62-69.
PDF
Forel, A.
1908c.
Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:35-72.
PDF
Forel, A.
1912f.
Formicides néotropiques. Part II. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (Attini, Dacetii, Cryptocerini).
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PDF
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1961.
O genero
Acromyrmex
no Brasil (Hym. Formicidae).
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PDF
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1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
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PDF
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1916.
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Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490.
PDF
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1793.
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PDF
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1913h.
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Pp. 33-43 in:
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et al. 1913.
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PDF
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1925a.
Revision du genre
Acromyrmex
Mayr.
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PDF
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1939e.
Études et descriptions de fourmis néotropiques.
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PDF
Santschi, F.
1939f.
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PDF
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1941b.
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1945.
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PDF
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1946c.
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PDF
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1949 ("1948").
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PDF
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;
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1986d.
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1905c.
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PDF
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PDF
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1933a.
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