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Temnothorax purpuratus (Roger, 1863)

Macromischa purpurata Roger, 1863:184, Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:131, Cotype (Gundlach, No. 315). - Roger, 1863Roger, J. 1863. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7:131-214. (distribution); 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); 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); Wheeler, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505. (distribution); 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); Wheeler, 1931Wheeler, W.M. 1931. New and little-known ants of the genera Macromischa, Creosomyrmex and Antillaemyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72:1-34. (distribution); Wheeler, 1937Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Fontenla, 1994Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Biogeografía de Macromischa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en Cuba. Avicennia 1994 (1):19-29. (distribution). - As Leptothorax purpuratus: - Baroni Urbani, 1978Baroni Urbani, C. 1978. Materiali per una revisione die Leptothorax neotropicali appartenenti al sottogenere Macromischa Roger, n. comb. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 3:395-618. (distribution), 486 (comb. nov.); Fontenla, 2001Fontenla, J.L. 2001. Claves para las especies cubanas del taxon Macromischa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptothorax). Cocuyo 11:15-17. (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); Fontenla, 2004Fontenla, J.L. 2004. Evolución espacial en 'Macromischa' (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34:125-130. (distribution). - As Temnothorax purpuratus: - 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); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368. (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); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution).

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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.
  • Baroni Urbani, C. 1978. Materiali per una revisione die Leptothorax neotropicali appartenenti al sottogenere Macromischa Roger, n. comb. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 3:395-618.
  • 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368.
  • Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Biogeografía de Macromischa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en Cuba. Avicennia 1994 (1):19-29.
  • Fontenla, J.L. 2001. Claves para las especies cubanas del taxon Macromischa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptothorax). Cocuyo 11:15-17.
  • Fontenla, J.L. 2004. Evolución espacial en 'Macromischa' (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34:125-130.
  • Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30.
  • Mann, W.M 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42:403-439.
  • 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.
  • Roger, J. 1863. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7:131-214.
  • 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. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1931. New and little-known ants of the genera Macromischa, Creosomyrmex and Antillaemyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72:1-34.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.