Cerapachys bicolor

Cerapachys bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Cerapachys
Species:	C. bicolor
Binomial name
Cerapachys bicolor (Clark, 1924) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on specimens

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The above specimen data are provided by AntWeb. Please see Cerapachys bicolor for further details

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• bicolor. Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924b: 77, pl. 6, figs. 9, 10 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22.

Type Material Syntype workers and queen(s) from Armadale, Western Auslralia (2 workers in Queensland Museum, 3 workers in Australian Museum, 5 workers in Australian National Insect Collection9 workers in Museum of Comparative Zoology, worker(s) and queen(s) in Museum Victoria, Melbourne, 2 workers in South Australian Museum, 3 workers in Western Australian Museum).

Type Material

• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, 3 workers, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Museum.
• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, 5 workers, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-053460, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, 9 workers, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, 2 workers, Armadale, Western Auslralia, Australia, Queensland Museum.
• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, 2 workers, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.
• Phyracaces bicolor Clark, 1924: Syntype, 3 workers, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, catalogue)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 22, Combination in Cerapachys)
• Clark, J. 1924b. Australian Formicidae. J. Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 10: 75-89 (page 77, pl.6, figs.9,10 worker, queen described)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, catalogue)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 23, junior synonym of longitarsus)
• Wheeler, W. M.; Chapman, J. W. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 47-73 (page 54, pl. 1, figs. 15, 16 worker, queen, male described (Unresolved junior secondary homonym of bicolor Clark))

Additional References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. (1975). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York), 5(1): 1–115.
• Clark, J. (1924). Australian Formicidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 10: 75–89.