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Genus: Polyergus

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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Polyergus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

7 species, 5 subspecies

Polyergus Latreille, 1804: 179 Type-species: Formica rufescens, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Polyergus in Formicites: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 198.
Polyergus in Formicidae: Smith, 1858a PDF: 1.
Polyergus in Formicinae: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 383 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 43 [Formicinae]; Mayr, 1862 PDF: 653 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 8 [Formicidae].
Polyergus in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 367 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 214.
Polyergus in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886h PDF: 200.
Polyergus in Camponotinae, Formicini: Forel, 1893b PDF: 165; Emery, 1895l PDF: 772; Forel, 1899b: 128; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 143; Forel, 1912j PDF: 89; Forel, 1917 PDF: 250.
Polyergus in Formicinae, Formicini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 41; Wheeler, 1922: 699; Emery, 1925d PDF: 267; all subsequent authors except the following.
Polyergus in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 295.
Genus Polyergus references
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 383 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b PDF: 12 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 443 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 8 (diagnosis); Forel, 1878c PDF: 373 (diagnosis); André, 1882b: 162 (Europe & Algeria species); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 214 (catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 267 (diagnosis, catalogue); Buren, 1944a PDF: 310 (U.S.A., Iowa species key); Smith, 1947g PDF: 152 (U.S.A. species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 556 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 203 (Asia checklist); Gregg, 1963: 632 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1963: 274 (U.S.A., North Dakota species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 329 (diagnosis); Wheeler, 1968 PDF: 156 (Nearctic species, male genitalia); Smith, 1979: 1466 (North America catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 95 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 207 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Agosti, 1994b PDF: 109 (diagnosis, review of genus); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 342 (catalogue); Kupyanskaya, 1995: 361 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 359 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 129 (synopsis).
Genus Polyergus references
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 383 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b PDF: 12 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 443 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 8 (diagnosis); Forel, 1878c PDF: 373 (diagnosis); André, 1882b: 162 (Europe & Algeria species); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 214 (catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 267 (diagnosis, catalogue); Buren, 1944a PDF: 310 (U.S.A., Iowa species key); Smith, 1947g PDF: 152 (U.S.A. species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 556 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 203 (Asia checklist); Gregg, 1963: 632 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1963: 274 (U.S.A., North Dakota species key); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 329 (diagnosis); Wheeler, 1968 PDF: 156 (Nearctic species, male genitalia); Smith, 1979: 1466 (North America catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 95 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 207 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Agosti, 1994b PDF: 109 (diagnosis, review of genus); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 342 (catalogue); Kupyanskaya, 1995: 361 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 359 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 129 (synopsis).

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