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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Plagiolepidini
›
Anoplolepis
›
Anoplolepis gracilipes
Anoplolepis
gracilipes
(Smith, 1857)
valid
Formica gracilipes
Smith, 1857a
: 55 (w.) SINGAPORE. Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Singapore: “Sing. 30” (
A.R. Wallace
). Primary type depository:
OXUM
.
Replacement name for
Anoplolepis longipes
Jerdon, 1851
. [Junior primary homonym of
Pheidole longipes
Latreille, 1802a
.]
[Note:
Anoplolepis gracilipes
Smith, 1857a
junior synonym of
Anoplolepis longipes
Jerdon, 1851
(synonymy by
Emery, 1887a
: 247, etc.); hence
Anoplolepis gracilipes
Smith, 1857a
first available replacement name for
Anoplolepis longipes
Jerdon, 1851
(
Bolton, 1995b
: 67).]
Mayr, 1867a
: 73 (q.).
Combination in
Prenolepis
:
Mayr, 1862
: 698.
Combination in
Plagiolepis
:
Mayr, 1867a
: 73.
Combination in
Anoplolepis
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 67.
Junior synonym of
Anoplolepis longipes
Jerdon, 1851
:
Emery, 1887a
: 247;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 173;
Pergande, 1894
: 163;
Forel, 1894c
: 415;
Mayr, 1895
: 149;
Forel, 1899b
: 124;
Wheeler, 1919f
: 101;
Wheeler, 1922
: 933;
Emery, 1925d
: 17;
Donisthorpe, 1932c
: 444;
Baltazar, 1966
: 266;
Kempf, 1970a
: 30;
Kempf, 1972b
: 22;
Snelling & Hunt, 1976
: 114.
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a
: 22;
Smith, 1859a
: 136;
Smith, 1860a
: 68;
Mayr, 1862
: 698;
Roger, 1863b
: 10;
Mayr, 1863a
: 451;
Mayr, 1865
: 50;
Mayr, 1867a
: 73 (redescription);
Smith, 1871a
: 305;
Mayr, 1872
: 144;
Mayr, 1876
: 78;
Emery, 1883
: 147;
Rothney, 1889
: 373;
Mayr, 1893b
: 197;
Bolton, 1995b
: 67;
Zhou, 2001a
: 174;
Wetterer, 2002
: 129;
Blard
et al.
, 2003
: 129;
Bolton, 2003
: 267;
Imai
et al.
, 2003
: 82;
Wetterer & Vargo, 2003
: 417;
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005
: 13;
Wetterer, 2005
: 77;
Wetterer, 2006
: 415;
Don, 2007
: 201;
Clouse, 2007b
: 223;
Framenau & Thomas, 2008
: 61;
Terayama, 2009
: 206;
Mohanraj
et al.
, 2010
: 6;
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
: 448;
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 36;
Ran & Zhou, 2011
: 66;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012
: 463;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 27;
Sarnat & Economo, 2012
: 43;
Sarnat
et al.
, 2013
: 69;
Borowiec, 2014
: 8;
Ramage, 2014
: 156;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 23;
Jaitrong
et al.
, 2016
: 26;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 29;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 39;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 35;
Borowiec & Salata, 2022
: 56 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Anoplolepis trifasciata
:
Mayr, 1867a
: 73;
Mayr, 1872
: 144;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 173;
Bolton, 1995b
: 67;
Zhou, 2001a
: 174.
Junior synonyms
Anoplolepis trifasciata
(Smith, 1858)
Obsolete combination(s):
Formica trifasciata
Obsolete combinations
Formica gracilipes
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