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FORMICIDAE: CATALOGUE REFERENCES [Note: names of authors are presented in alphabetical order. Publications of each author are in chronological order, and the publication dates of older papers (usually pre-2000) are given in square brackets following each entry. The month of publication is indicated by a roman numeral. Hence, [31.vii.1991] indicates 31 July 1991. An entry such as [(30).vi.1990.] indicates that only the month of publication was issued, so the final day of the month is assumed as the date, and appears in paretheses. In publications where only the year is known, the publication date is assumed to be the last day of the year, for example [(31.xii).1761.] Abe, M. & Smith, D.R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115. [31.vii.1991.] Acosta Salmerón, F.J. 1982. Sobre los caracteres morfólogicos de Goniomma, con algunas sugerencias sobre su taxonomia. EOS. Revista Española de Entomologia 57 (1981): 7-14. [28.iv.1982.] Adlerz, G. 1896. 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Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands. PeerJ 5:e3800: 50 pp. DOI 10.7717/peerj.3800. Agosti, D. 1990a. What makes the Formicini the Formicini? Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 6: 295-303. [(30).vi.1990.] Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis. Journal of Natural History 24: 1457- 1505. [19.x.1990.] Agosti, D. 1991. Revision of the Oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae. Systematic Entomology 16: 293-310. [(31).vii.1991.] Agosti, D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99: 405-429. [(30).vi.1992.] Agosti, D. 1994a. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini, with the description of a new genus. Systematic Entomology 19: 93-117. [1.viii.1994.] Agosti, D. 1994b. A new inquiline ant in Cataglyphis and its phylogenetic relationship. 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A provisional list of the Balkan ants with a key to the worker caste. 2. Key to the worker caste, including the European species without the Iberian. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60: 261-293. [15.xii.1987.] Agosti, D. & Hauschteck-Jungen, E. 1988. Polymorphism of males in Formica exsecta Nyl. Insectes Sociaux 34 (1987): 280-290. [(30).vi.1988.] Agosti, D., Moog, J. & Maschwitz, U. 1999. Revision of the Oriental plant-ant genus Cladomyrma. American Museum Novitates 3283: 1-24. [8.xii.1999.] Aguayo, C.G. 1931. New ants of the genus Macromischa. Psyche 38: 175-183. [(31).xii.1931.] Aguayo, C.G. 1932. Notes on West Indian ants. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27: 215-227. [29.xi.1932.] Aguayo, C.G. 1937. Nueva especie de hormiga cubana. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 11: 235-236. [10.vii.1937.] Ajerrar, A., Gomez, K., Bouharroud, R., Zaafrani, M. & Cagniant, H. 2018. Temnothorax tamriensis nouvelle espèce de fourmi du Maroc. Revue de l’Association Roussillonnaise d’Entomologie 27 (2): 97-107. Akbar, S.A. & Bharti, H. 2015. First verified record of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex from India, along with a revised key to known Indomalayan species. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: 9 pp. e5420. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5420. Akbar, S.A. & Bharti, H. 2017. A new species of the ant genus Carebara Westwood from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 19: 35-43. Akbar, S.A., Bharti, H. & Wachkoo, A.A. 2017. Discovery of remarkable new ant species of the genus Pseudolasius Emery from Western Ghats of India. Sociobiology 64: 133-137. Aktaç, N. 1977. Studies on the myrmecofauna of Turkey. 1. Ants of Siirt, Bodrum, and Trabzon. Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakültesi Mecmuasi. Seri B. 41 (1976): 115-135. [1977.] Aktaç, N. & Radchenko, A.G. 2002. Türkiye karincalari cins tani anahtari. Türkiye Entomoloji Dergisi 26: 51-61. Aktaç, N., Radchenko, A.G. & Kiran, K. 2004. On the taxonomy of the West Palaearctic Aenictinae ants. Annales Zoologici Warszawa 54: 361-364. Alayo, D.P. 1974. Introduccion al estudio de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Superfamilia Formicoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Instituto de Zoologia. Serie Biologica no.53: 58 pp. La Habana. [(31.xii).1974.] Alayo, D.P. & Zayas Montero, L. 1977. Estudios sobre los himenópteros de Cuba. 7. Dos nuevas especies para la fauna mirmecológica Cubana. Poeyana 174: 1-5. [4.x.1977.] Albuquerque, N.L.de & Brandão, C.R.F. 2004. A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926. 1. The vezenyii species group. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (S. Paulo) 44: 55-80. Albuquerque, N.L.de & Brandão, C.R.F. 2009. A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926. 2. Final. Key for species and revision of the rastratus species-group. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (S. Paulo) 44: 289-309. Aldawood, A.S. 2016. Ants of the genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 in Saudi Arabia with description of a new species. Zoology in the Middle East 62: 137-143. Aldawood, A.S. & Sharaf, M.R. 2011. Monomorium dryhimi sp. n., a new ant species of the M. monomorium group from Saudi Arabia, with a key to the Arabian Monomorium monomorium group. ZooKeys 106: 47-54. Aldawood, A.S., Sharaf, M.R. & Collingwood, C.A. 2010. Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen related to the salomonis-group. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences 3 (2): 37-42. Aldawood, A.S., Sharaf, M.R. & Taylor, B. 2011. First record of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 from Saudi Arabia with a description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. ZooKeys 92: 61-69. Alicata, A. & Schifani, E. 2019. Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian peninsula: part of a hitherto unrecognised species group from the Maghreb? Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59: 1-16. Allred, D.M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42: 415-511. Almeida Filho, A.J.de. 1986. Descrição de quatro machos do gênero Ectatomma Smith, 1858. Quid 6: 24-38. [(31).xii.1986.] Almeida Filho, A.J.de. 1987. Descrição de seis fêmeas do gênero Ectatomma Smith, 1858. Anais Sociedade Nordestina Zoologia 1: 175-183. Alpert, G.D. 1992. Observations on the genus Terataner in Madagascar. Psyche 99: 117-127. [1992.] Alpert, G.D. 2007. A review of the ant genus Metapone Forel from Madagascar (pp. 8-18). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp. Alpert, G.D. 2013. A new species of Tyrannomyrmex from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3721: 286-290. Amor, F. & Ortega, P. 2014. Cataglyphis tartessica sp. n., a new ant species from south-western Spain. Myrmecological News 19: 125-132. Andersen, A.N. 2000. The ants of northern Australia: a guide to the monsoonal fauna: 106 pp. CSIRO Publishing. Andersen, A.N. 2006. A systematic overview of Australian species of the myrmicine ant genus Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 157-170. Andersen, A.N. 2007. Ant diversity in arid Australia: a systematic overview. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 19-51. [(31).vii.2007.] Andersen, A.N., Hoffmann, B.D. & Berman, M. 2013. Diversity in the Australian ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862: a critique of Heterick & Shattuck (2011), with particular reference to I. coeruleus Heterick & Shattuck, 2011. Myrmecological News 18: 103-111. Andrade, M.L.de: see under De Andrade, M.L. André, E. [Note: entries under André, E. include the works of two brothers, André, E. (1838-1914) and André, J.E.E. (1844- 1891). Both had the name Ernest, and both used the initial in their publications, rendering correct authorship confusing in some cases. To obviate this they are catalogued here artificially, as if a single person; the correct author is given in parentheses for each publication.] André, E.
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