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Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)

Atta smithii Forel, 1893:370, xw. xw, Antille St. Vincent (leg. H.H. Smith). - Wheeler, 1905Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. (distribution). - As Mycocepurus smithi: - Wheeler & Mann, 1914Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61. (distribution); Wheeler, 1916Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F.W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330. (distribution); Fontenla Rizo, 1993Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209. (distribution); Díaz et al., 2006 2006. Cuba: Camagüey, Sierra de Cubitas. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 08. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-179. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71. (distribution); Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution); Fontenla & Alfonso-Simonetti, 2018Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30. (distribution). - As Mycocepurus smithii: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); Reyes, 2005Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Galkowski, 2016Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36. (distribution); Lubertazzi, 2019Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution).
Atta smithi borinquenensis Wheeler, 1907:718 - Wheeler, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505. (distribution). - As Mycocepurus smithi borinquenensis: - Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution). - As Mycocepurus smithii borinquenensis: - Mann, 1920Mann, W.M 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42:403-439. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution).
Atta smithi tolteca Wheeler, 1907:718 - As Mycocepurus smithi tolteca: - Mann, 1922Mann, W.M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. (distribution).
Mycocepurus smithi Eucarnitae Forel, 1913:235 - Forel, 1913Forel, A. 1913. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 49:203-250. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:146 ( listed as synonym of Mycocepurus smithi borinquenensis (Wheeler, 1907)). - As Atta smithii eucarnitae: - As Mycocepurus smithii eucarnitae:
Trachymyrmex attaxenus Menozzi, 1936:85
Mycocepurus reconditus Borgmeier, 1937:246
Mycocepurus smithi trinidadensis Weber, 1937:378
Mycocepurus bolivianus Weber, 1938:155
Mycocepurus manni Weber, 1938:156

Point distribution map Cuba


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Literature

  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • AntWeb 2023. Ants. .
  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • 2006. Cuba: Camagüey, Sierra de Cubitas. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 08. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-179.
  • Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93.
  • 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368.
  • 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7.
  • Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30.
  • Forel, A. 1893. Les Formicides. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893:333-418.
  • Forel, A. 1913. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 49:203-250.
  • Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36.
  • Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210.
  • Mann, W.M 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42:403-439.
  • Mann, W.M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54.
  • Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
  • Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283.
  • Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376.
  • Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71.
  • Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • Weber, N.A. 1937. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part l. New forms. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 7:378-409.
  • Weber, N.A. 1938. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 9:154-206.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1907. The fungus-growing ants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F.W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330.
  • Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.