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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Dorylus
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Dorylus attenuatus
Dorylus
attenuatus
Shuckard, 1840
valid
Dorylus (Alaopone) attenuatus
Shuckard, 1840c
: 322 (m.) GAMBIA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype male. Type-locality: Gambia? (no further data). Type-depository:
BMNH
.
Type notes:
Shuckard says, “I am not sure of the locality of this species, but I believe it is from the Gambia”.
[Misspelled as
attenatus
by
Arnold, 1915
: 133.]
Combination in
Dorylus (Alaopone)
:
Emery, 1895l
: 733
Status as species:
Westwood, 1842
: 80;
Smith, 1859c
: 3;
Mayr, 1863a
: 408;
Roger, 1863b
: 41;
Radoszkowsky, 1876
: 140;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 10;
Emery, 1895l
: 733;
Mayr, 1907b
: 8;
Emery, 1910b
: 15;
Forel, 1910e
: 4;
Forel, 1913b
: 312;
Arnold, 1915
: 133;
Wheeler, 1922
: 748;
Santschi, 1939a
: 152 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 177.
Senior synonym of
Dorylus attenuatus umbratipennis
:
Santschi, 1939a
: 148;
Bolton, 1995b
: 177.
Junior synonyms
Dorylus attenuatus umbratipennis
Forel, 1909
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
D. a. acuminatus
Emery, 1899
D. a. australis
Santschi, 1919
D. a. bondroiti
Santschi, 1912
D. a. latinodis
Forel, 1920
Citations
Arnold, G.
1915.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159.
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1895l.
Die Gattung
Dorylus
Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778.
PDF
Emery, C.
1910b.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae.
Genera Insectorum 102:1-34.
PDF
Forel, A.
1910e.
Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae.
Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16:1-30.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913b.
Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1907b.
2. Formicidae.
Pp. 7-24 in:
Sjöstedt, Y.
1907.
1907-1910. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. 2. Band, Abt. 8.
Stockholm: K. Schwed. Akad. Wissenschaften, 316 pp.
PDF
Radoszkowsky, O.
1876.
Comte-rendu des hyménoptères recueillis en Égypte et Abyssinie en 1873.
Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 12:111-150.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1939a.
Contribution au sous-genre
Alaopone
Emery.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 46:143-154.
PDF
Shuckard, W. E.
1840c.
Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Concluded from p. 271.).
Annals of Natural History 5:315-328.
PDF
Smith, F.
1859c.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Dorylidae and Thynnidae.
London: British Museum, 76 pp.
PDF
Westwood, J. O.
1842.
Monograph of the hymenopterous group, Dorylides.
Pp. 73-80 in:
Westwood, J. O.
1842.
Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. Volume 1, No. 5.
London: W. Smith, pp. 65-80, pl. 17-20.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 4 valid subspecies
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