Atta tardigrada
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| Atta tardigrada | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Atta |
| Species: | A. tardigrada |
| Binomial name | |
| Atta tardigrada (Buckley, 1867) | |
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on type material
United States (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- tardigrada. Oecodoma tardigrada Buckley, 1867: 349 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1414; incertae sedis in Atta: Bolton, 1995b: 77. Included in Acromyrmex: Forel, 1885a: 358; in Trachymyrmex: Mayr, 1886d: 442; Forel, 1893e: 601; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 30.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 77, catalogue)
- Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350 (page 349, worker, queen, male described. Incertae sedis in Atta: unrecognisable taxon)
- Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 358, Included in Acromyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1893h. Note sur les Attini. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 586-607 (page 601, Included in Trachymyrmex)
- Mayr, G. 1886d. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 419-464 (page 442, Included in Trachymyrmex)
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1414, unplaced taxon)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci. 4: 17-31 (page 30, Included in Trachymyrmex)
