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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Dorylinae
›
Neivamyrmex
›
Neivamyrmex nigrescens
Neivamyrmex
nigrescens
(Cresson, 1872)
valid
Labidus nigrescens
Cresson, 1872
: 194 (m.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype male. Type-locality: U.S.A.: Texas, Bosque County (
G.W. Belfrage
). Type-depository:
ANSP
.
Wheeler, 1900a
: 563 (q.);
Smith, 1942c
: 551 (w.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a
: 273 (l.)
Combination in
Eciton
:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 5.
Combination in
Eciton (Labidus)
:
Emery, 1895d
: 261.
Combination in
Eciton (Acamatus)
:
Emery, 1900e
: 187.
Combination in
Eciton (Neivamyrmex)
:
Smith, 1942c
: 550;
Gregg, 1963
: 286.
Combination in
Neivamyrmex
:
Borgmeier, 1955
: 494.
Status as species:
Cresson, 1887
: 259;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 5;
Emery, 1895d
: 261;
Emery, 1900e
: 179;
Wheeler, 1908h
: 417 (redescription);
Emery, 1910b
: 27;
Wheeler, 1910a
: 562;
Smith, 1938b
: 160;
Smith, 1942c
: 550 (redescription);
Buren, 1944a
: 280;
Creighton, 1950a
: 73;
Smith, 1951c
: 781;
Cole, 1953d
: 84;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 494 (redescription);
Smith, 1958c
: 109;
Smith, 1967a
: 345;
Watkins, 1971
: 94 (in key);
Kempf, 1972b
: 157;
Watkins, 1972
: 358;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975
: 21;
Watkins, 1976
: 15 (in key);
Smith, 1979
: 1331;
Snelling & George, 1979
: 31;
Petralia & Vinson, 1980
: 378;
Dlussky, 1981b
: 48;
Watkins, 1982
: 212 (in key);
Watkins, 1985
: 482 (in key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g
: 19 (in key);
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988
: 136;
MacKay
et al.
, 1988
: 87;
Bolton, 1995b
: 290;
Ward, 1999a
: 84 (redescription);
Mackay & Mackay, 2002
: 61;
Coovert, 2005
: 32;
MacGown & Forster, 2005
: 67;
Ward, 2005
: 62;
Snelling & Snelling, 2007
: 484;
Deyrup, 2017
: 37.
Senior synonym of
Neivamyrmex schmitti
:
Smith, 1938b
: 160;
Smith, 1942c
: 550;
Buren, 1944a
: 280;
Creighton, 1950a
: 73;
Smith, 1951c
: 781;
Borgmeier, 1953
: 6;
Borgmeier, 1955
: 494;
Kempf, 1972b
: 157;
Smith, 1979
: 1331;
Snelling & George, 1979
: 31;
Bolton, 1995b
: 290;
Ward, 1999a
: 84;
Coovert, 2005
: 32;
Snelling & Snelling, 2007
: 485.
Junior synonyms
Neivamyrmex schmitti
(Emery, 1894)
Obsolete combination(s):
Eciton schmitti
Obsolete combinations
Labidus nigrescens
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PDF
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