Cataulacus

Cataulacus
Cataulacus oberthueri worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Cataulacus Smith, 1853
Type species
Cataulacus taprobanae Smith, 1853
Diversity [1]
68 species
Synonyms
Otomyrmex Forel, 1891

Cataulacus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ^[2] The genus is distributed in the Paleotropical regions, mainly in the Afrotropics. Most species are found in forests, but a few are known from more open and arid habitats. ^[3]

Species

• Cataulacus adpressus Bolton, 1974
• † Cataulacus anthracinus (Heer, 1849)
• Cataulacus bequaerti Forel, 1913
• Cataulacus boltoni Snelling, 1979
• Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901
• Cataulacus catuvolcus Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus centrurus Bolton, 1982
• Cataulacus cestus Bolton, 1982
• Cataulacus chapmani Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus difficilis Santschi, 1916
• Cataulacus ebrardi Forel, 1886
• Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1911
• Cataulacus elongatus Santschi, 1924
• Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910
• Cataulacus flagitiosus Smith, 1862
• Cataulacus fricatidorsus Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802)
• Cataulacus greggi Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus guineensis Smith, 1853
• Cataulacus hispidulus Smith, 1865
• Cataulacus horridus Smith, 1857
• Cataulacus huberi André, 1890
• Cataulacus impressus Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus inermis Santschi, 1924
• Cataulacus intrudens (Smith, 1876)
• Cataulacus jacksoni Bolton, 1982
• Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus kenyensis Santschi, 1935
• Cataulacus kohli Mayr, 1895
• Cataulacus latissimus Emery, 1893
• Cataulacus latus Forel, 1891
• Cataulacus lobatus Mayr, 1895
• Cataulacus longinodus Forel, 1912
• Cataulacus lujae Forel, 1911
• Cataulacus marginatus Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus mckeyi Snelling, 1979
• Cataulacus micans Mayr, 1901
• Cataulacus mocquerysi André, 1889
• Cataulacus moloch Bolton, 1982
• Cataulacus muticus Emery, 1889
• Cataulacus nenassus Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus oberthueri Forel, 1891
• Cataulacus pilosus Santschi, 1920
• † Cataulacus planiceps Emery, 1891
• † Cataulacus plebeius De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 2004
• Cataulacus pompom Snelling, 1979
• Cataulacus porcatus Emery, 1899
• Cataulacus praetextus Smith, 1867
• Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910
• Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890
• Cataulacus regularis Forel, 1892
• Cataulacus resinosus Viehmeyer, 1913
• Cataulacus reticulatus Smith, 1857
• Cataulacus satrap Bolton, 1982
• Cataulacus setosus Smith, 1860
• † Cataulacus silvestrii Emery, 1891
• Cataulacus simoni Emery, 1893
• Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924
• Cataulacus taprobanae Smith, 1853
• Cataulacus tardus Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus taylori Bolton, 1982
• Cataulacus tenuis Emery, 1899
• Cataulacus theobromicola Santschi, 1939
• Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus voeltzkowi Forel, 1907
• Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus wasmanni Forel, 1897
• Cataulacus weissi Santschi, 1913
• Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894

References

1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Cataulacus". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
2. "Genus: Cataulacus". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
3. Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID   84797311.

External links

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