Research Catalog

Title

A new general catalogue of the ants of the world / Barry Bolton.

Author

Bolton, Barry.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

504 pages; 32 cm

Summary

?A name is forever, or at least as long as taxonomy continues,? Barry Bolton writes, and here are all the names, antique and modern, of all the ants that are or ever were{u2014}from the arctic to the tropical, the fossilized to the living, the mislabeled to the newly christened members of the family Formicidae. For every name that has ever been applied to ants, the book supplies a history and an account of current usage, together with a fully documented indication of the present-day classification. Its comprehensive bibliography provides references to original description, synonymy, homonymy, changes in rank, status, and availability, and alterations in generic status. Organized by family group, genus group, and species group, this meticulously detailed but easily used volume is the ultimate resource for myrmecology. Along with Bolton{u2019}s Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World, it will be the essential reference for anyone, expert or amateur, with an interest in ants.

Subject

• Ants > Classification
• Ants, Fossil > Classification
• Ants
• Ants, Fossil
• Ameisen
• Bibliografie
• Systematik
• Taxonomie
• Verzeichnis

Genre/Form

• Classification
• Verzeichnis.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-504).

Contents

Introduction -- Checklist of Fossil Taxa -- Catalogue of Family-Group (Suprageneric) Taxa -- Catalogue of Genus-Group Taxa -- Catalogue of Species-Group Taxa -- References.

ISBN

• 067461514X
• 9780674615144

LCCN

95012908

OCLC

• ocm32236214
• 32236214
• SCSB-2071643

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library