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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Cheliomyrmex
›
Cheliomyrmex megalonyx
Cheliomyrmex
megalonyx
Wheeler, 1921
valid
Cheliomyrmex megalonyx
Wheeler, 1921d
: 322, figs. 5b, 9d-f, 10 (s.w.m.) GUYANA. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (major + minor), syntype males (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Kartabo, 21 and 31.viii.1920 (
W.M. Wheeler
). Type-depositories:
MCZC
,
MZSP
,
NHMB
.
Wheeler, 1943
: 320 (l.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a
: 267 (l.)
Status as species:
Borgmeier, 1955
: 67 (redescription);
Kempf, 1972b
: 77;
Watkins, 1976
: 7 (in key);
Brandão, 1991
: 337;
Bolton, 1995b
: 145.
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1955.
Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region.
Studia Entomologica 3:1-720.
PDF
Brandão, C. R. F.
1991.
Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Watkins, J. F., II
1976.
The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae).
Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
1943.
The larvae of the army ants.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36:319-332.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1984a.
The larvae of the army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a revision.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 57:263-275.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1921d.
Observations on army ants in British Guiana.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 56:291-328.
PDF
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homonym
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