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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Amblyoponinae
›
Amblyoponini
›
Prionopelta
›
Prionopelta punctulata
Prionopelta
punctulata
Mayr, 1866
valid
Prionopelta punctulata
Mayr, 1866a
: 505 (q.) BRAZIL (Paraná). Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Brazil: Paraná (no collector’s name). Type-depository:
NHMW
.
Mayr, 1887
: 549 (w.);
Forel, 1893j
: 367 (m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a
: 120 (l.);
Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
: 240 (m.)
Status as species:
Mayr, 1887
: 549;
Forel, 1893j
: 367;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 15;
Forel, 1895b
: 110;
Wheeler, 1905c
: 120;
Emery, 1911e
: 33;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 54;
Brown, 1960a
: 178, 215;
Kempf, 1972b
: 210;
Kempf & Lenko, 1976
: 49;
Bolton, 1995b
: 365;
Wild, 2007b
: 23;
Feitosa, 2015c
: 97;
Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
: 240 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Prionopelta bruchi
:
Brown, 1960a
: 178, 216;
Kempf, 1972b
: 210;
Bolton, 1995b
: 365;
Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
: 240.
Senior synonym of
Prionopelta mayri
:
Brown, 1960a
: 178, 216;
Kempf, 1972b
: 210;
Bolton, 1995b
: 365;
Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
: 240.
Junior synonyms
Prionopelta bruchi
Santschi, 1923
Prionopelta mayri
Forel, 1909
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T.
1923.
Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae.
Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1960a.
Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera).
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122:143-230.
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Feitosa, R. M.
2015c.
Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil.
Pp. 95-102 in:
Delabie, J. H. C.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
;
Serrão, J. E.
;
Mariano, C. S. F.
;
Majer, J. D.
(eds.) 2015.
As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil.
Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1893j.
Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent, récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893:333-418.
PDF
Forel, A.
1895b.
A fauna das formigas do Brazil.
Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Kempf, W. W.
;
Lenko, K.
1976.
Levantamento da formicifauna no litoral norte e ilhas adjacentes do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. I. Subfamilias Dorylinae, Ponerinae e Pseudomyrmecinae (Hym., Formicidae).
Studia Entomologica 19:45-66.
PDF
Ladino, N.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2020.
Taxonomic revision of the genus
Prionopelta
Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region.
Zootaxa 4821 (2):201-249.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.1
PDF
Mayr, G.
1866a.
Myrmecologische Beiträge.
Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abteilung I 53:484-517.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1887.
Südamerikanische Formiciden.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1952a.
The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part I.
American Midland Naturalist 48:111-144.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1905c.
The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
PDF
Wild, A. L.
2007b.
A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa 1622:1-55.
PDF
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