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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
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›
Cephalotes atratus
Cephalotes
atratus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
valid
Formica atrata
Linnaeus, 1758
: 581 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: “America meridionali” (no further data) (
Rolander
). Primary type depository:
ZMLS
.
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
[Misspelled as
atratulus
by
Santschi, 1929d
: 301.]
Latreille, 1802a
: 274 (q.);
Spinola, 1851b
: 47 (unknown forms);
Spinola, 1853
: 63 (m.);
Kempf, 1951
: 116 (q.m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b
: 154 (l.)
Combination in
Cryptocerus
:
Latreille, 1803
: 280;
Fabricius, 1804
: 418;
Latreille, 1809
: 132;
Leach, 1815
: 147.
Combination in
Cryptocerus (Cephalotes)
:
Wheeler, 1916c
: 12.
Combination in
Cephalotes
:
Latreille, 1802b
: 358;
Emery, 1914b
: 39;
Santschi, 1916e
: 381;
Santschi, 1920f
: 148;
Smith, 1949c
: 19.
Status as species:
Linnaeus, 1767
: 965;
De Geer, 1773
: 609;
Fabricius, 1775
: 395;
Fabricius, 1782
: 493;
Retzius, 1783
: 76;
Gmelin, 1790
: 2803;
Christ, 1791
: 516;
Olivier, 1792
: 500;
Fabricius, 1793
: 363;
Latreille, 1802a
: 272;
Latreille, 1803
: 280;
Fabricius, 1804
: 418;
Gravenhorst, 1807
: 287;
Latreille, 1809
: 132;
Leach, 1815
: 147; Latreille, 1817a: 526;
Klug, 1824
: 200;
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
: 170;
Guérin-Méneville, 1844a
: 426;
Spinola, 1851b
: 47;
Spinola, 1853
: 63;
Smith, 1853
: 215;
Smith, 1858a
: 187;
Mayr, 1862
: 757;
Smith, 1862b
: 35;
Smith, 1862d
: 408;
Roger, 1862c
: 291;
Mayr, 1863a
: 405;
Roger, 1863b
: 38;
Mayr, 1865
: 114;
Emery, 1878a
: ix (in list);
Mayr, 1884
: 37;
Emery, 1890b
: 68;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 141;
Emery, 1894f
: 4;
Forel, 1895b
: 133;
Forel, 1899b
: 48;
Forel, 1899j
: 273;
Forel, 1901m
: 50;
Wheeler, 1905c
: 128;
Emery, 1906c
: 170;
Forel, 1906d
: 235;
Forel, 1907h
: 3;
Wheeler, 1908a
: 144;
Forel, 1909a
: 257, 266;
Forel, 1912f
: 199;
Bruch, 1914
: 218;
Emery, 1914b
: 39;
Mann, 1916
: 448;
Wheeler, 1916c
: 12;
Wheeler, 1916f
: 326;
Crawley, 1916b
: 371;
Santschi, 1916e
: 381;
Luederwaldt, 1918
: 40;
Wheeler, 1918b
: 26;
Santschi, 1920f
: 148;
Forel, 1921b
: 134;
Wheeler, 1922e
: 12;
Wheeler, 1923a
: 4;
Emery, 1924f
: 303;
Wheeler, 1925a
: 36;
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 114;
Borgmeier, 1934
: 103;
Menozzi, 1935b
: 197;
Eidmann, 1936b
: 81;
Santschi, 1939f
: 163;
Wheeler, 1942
: 207;
Smith, 1949c
: 19;
Kempf, 1951
: 114 (redescription);
Kempf, 1958a
: 10;
Kempf, 1961b
: 514;
Kempf, 1970b
: 335;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Zolessi
et al.
, 1988
: 4;
Brandão, 1991
: 337;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 111 (redescription);
Wild, 2007b
: 31;
Bezděčková
et al.
, 2015
: 115;
Sandoval-Gómez & Sánchez-Restrepo, 2019
: 904;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes atratus crassispina
:
Kempf, 1951
: 115;
Kempf, 1958a
: 10;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 111;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes decemspinosus
:
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (by implication).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes dubitatus
:
Smith, 1858a
: 188;
Mayr, 1863a
: 405;
Roger, 1863b
: 38;
Mayr, 1865
: 114;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 141;
Forel, 1899b
: 48;
Emery, 1924f
: 304;
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 114;
Kempf, 1951
: 115;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 111.;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes atratus erectus
:
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 112;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes marginatus
:
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes atratus nitidiventris
:
Kempf, 1951
: 115;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 111;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes atratus quadridens
:
Retzius, 1783
: 76;
Latreille, 1802a
: 272;
Fabricius, 1804
: 419; Latreille, 1817a: 526;
Klug, 1824
: 200;
Smith, 1853
: 215;
Smith, 1858a
: 188;
Mayr, 1863a
: 405;
Roger, 1863b
: 38;
Mayr, 1865
: 114;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 141;
Forel, 1895b
: 133;
Forel, 1899b
: 48;
Wheeler, 1908a
: 144;
Emery, 1924f
: 303;
Borgmeier, 1927c
: 114;
Kempf, 1951
: 115;
Kempf, 1958a
: 10;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 111;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes atratus rufiventris
:
Kempf, 1951
: 115;
Kempf, 1958a
: 10;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140;
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
: 111;
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (in list).
Senior synonym of
Cephalotes decemspinosus spissus
:
Oliveira
et al.
, 2021
: 19 (by implication).
Material of the unavailable name
Cephalotes atratus quadridens dehnowi
referred here by
Kempf, 1951
: 115;
Kempf, 1972b
: 75;
Bolton, 1995b
: 140.
Junior synonyms
Cephalotes atratus crassispina
Santschi, 1920
Cephalotes atratus erectus
Kempf, 1951
Cephalotes atratus nitidiventris
Santschi, 1920
Cephalotes atratus quadridens
(De Geer, 1773)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cephalotes quadridens
,
Formica quadridens
Cephalotes atratus rufiventris
(Emery, 1894)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cryptocerus atratus rufiventris
Cephalotes decemspinosus
Santschi, 1920
Cephalotes decemspinosus spissus
Santschi, 1929
Cephalotes dubitatus
(Smith, 1853)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cryptocerus dubitatus
Cephalotes marginatus
(Fabricius, 1804)
Obsolete combination(s):
Cryptocerus marginatus
Obsolete combinations
Cryptocerus atratus
Formica atrata
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:1-14.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1916f.
Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F. W. Urich, and others.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330.
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1918b.
Ants collected in British Guiana by Mr. C. William Beebe.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 26:23-28.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1922e.
The ants of Trinidad.
American Museum Novitates 45:1-16.
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Wheeler, W. M.
1923a.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reise des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914-1915. 7. Formicidae.
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