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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Odontomachus
›
Odontomachus chelifer
Odontomachus
chelifer
(Latreille, 1802)
valid
Formica chelifera
Latreille, 1802a
: 188, pl. 8, fig. 51 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA (no locality given). Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: unknown. Latreille states, “J’ignore sa patrie......Je ne connois point son lieu natal”. Type-depository:
MNHN
.
Forel, 1909a
: 252 (q.m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c
: 651 (l.)
[Misspelled as
cheliferus
by
Smith, 1858a
: 77.]
Combination in
Odontomachus
:
Latreille, 1809
: 128
Status as species:
Leach, 1815
: 147;
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
: 186;
Le Guillou, 1842
: 318;
Smith, 1858a
: 77;
Roger, 1861a
: 27;
Roger, 1863b
: 22;
Mayr, 1863a
: 436;
Mayr, 1865
: 63 (footnote);
Forel, 1886a
: 217;
Emery, 1888c
: 353;
Emery, 1890b
: 65;
Emery, 1890c
: 44;
Emery, 1892f
: 560 (in key);
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 49;
von Jhering, 1894
: 381;
Emery, 1894l
: 50;
Forel, 1895b
: 118;
Emery, 1896h
: 625;
Forel, 1899b
: 19;
Emery, 1904b
: 595;
Forel, 1905e
: 156;
Emery, 1906c
: 118;
Forel, 1908a
: 64;
Forel, 1909a
: 252;
Emery, 1911e
: 114;
Forel, 1912d
: 28;
Forel, 1914e
: 9;
Bruch, 1914
: 213;
Wheeler, 1916c
: 3;
Gallardo, 1918c
: 96;
Luederwaldt, 1918
: 36;
Mann, 1922
: 18;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 77;
Wheeler, 1925a
: 10;
Eidmann, 1936a
: 37;
Kempf, 1962b
: 17 (in key);
Kempf, 1972b
: 170;
Kempf & Lenko, 1976
: 59;
Brown, 1976c
: 103;
Brandão, 1991
: 364;
Bolton, 1995b
: 295;
Wild, 2007b
: 39;
Rodriguez, 2008
: 161;
Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012
: 262;
Bezděčková
et al.
, 2015
: 124;
Feitosa, 2015c
: 99;
Fernández & Guerrero, 2019
: 538.
Senior synonym of
Odontomachus chelifer emacerata
:
Brown, 1976c
: 103;
Brandão, 1991
: 364;
Bolton, 1995b
: 295.
Senior synonym of
Odontomachus chelifer leptocephalus
:
Emery, 1911e
: 114;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 77;
Kempf, 1972b
: 170;
Brown, 1976c
: 103;
Bolton, 1995b
: 295.
Senior synonym of
Odontomachus chelifer theresiae
:
Forel, 1899b
: 19;
Gallardo, 1918c
: 96;
Brown, 1976c
: 103;
Brandão, 1991
: 364;
Bolton, 1995b
: 295.
Junior synonyms
Odontomachus chelifer emacerata
Santschi, 1922
Odontomachus chelifer leptocephalus
Emery, 1890
Odontomachus chelifer theresiae
Forel, 1895
Obsolete combination(s):
Odontomachus haematodus theresiae
Obsolete combinations
Formica chelifera
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