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Genus: Atta

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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Atta

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

19 species

Atta Fabricius, 1804: 421 Type-species: Formica cephalotes, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 159. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Atta in Myrmicites: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 172.
Atta in Poneridae, Attidae: Smith, 1858a PDF: 161.
Atta in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 459 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, 1857a PDF: 77 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 65 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 18 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, 1871b PDF: 333 [Myrmicidae]; Cresson, 1887: 259 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 150.
Atta in Cryptoceridae, Attinae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Atta in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1877b PDF: 81 [Myrmicidae, Attidae]; Forel, 1893b PDF: 163; Emery, 1895l PDF: 770; Forel, 1899b: 30; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 141; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f PDF: 352; all subsequent authors.
[Myrmegis (nomen nudum) referable to Atta: Brown, 1973b: 182 (see under Myrmegis).].
Genus Atta references
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 459 (diagnosis); Smith, 1858a PDF: 161, 180 (Atta, Oecodoma diagnoses); Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (Europe species key); Roger, 1863b PDF: 35 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 395, 437 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 18 (diagnosis); Cresson, 1887: 259 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 150 (catalogue); Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 340 (Argentina species key); Emery, 1924f PDF: 352 (diagnosis, catalogue); Gonçalves, 1942 PDF: 334 (all species key); Gonçalves, 1947a PDF: 186 (south & central Brazil species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 82 (Asia checklist, anachronisms); Borgmeier, 1959b: 335 (subgenera key); Borgmeier, 1959b: 337 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 26 (Neotropical catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1413 (North America catalogue); MacKay & MacKay, 1988: 25 (Colombia species key); Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 1 (bibliography); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 328 (catalogue); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 75 (catalogue).
Genus Atta references
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 459 (diagnosis); Smith, 1858a PDF: 161, 180 (Atta, Oecodoma diagnoses); Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (Europe species key); Roger, 1863b PDF: 35 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 395, 437 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 18 (diagnosis); Cresson, 1887: 259 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 150 (catalogue); Gallardo, 1916e PDF: 340 (Argentina species key); Emery, 1924f PDF: 352 (diagnosis, catalogue); Gonçalves, 1942 PDF: 334 (all species key); Gonçalves, 1947a PDF: 186 (south & central Brazil species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 82 (Asia checklist, anachronisms); Borgmeier, 1959b: 335 (subgenera key); Borgmeier, 1959b: 337 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 26 (Neotropical catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1413 (North America catalogue); MacKay & MacKay, 1988: 25 (Colombia species key); Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 1 (bibliography); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 328 (catalogue); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 75 (catalogue).

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