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Cataulacus

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Description

Cataulacus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is distributed in the Paleotropical regions, mainly in the Afrotropics. Most species are found in forests, but a few are known from more open and arid habitats.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataulacus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1325265	https://www.gbif.org/species/1325265
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	200775	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=200775

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Cataulacus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Cataulacus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
order	Hymenoptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Unicalcarida	Schulmeister et al. 2002
suborder	Vespina
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
-	Aculeata
superfamily	Vespoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Formicidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Myrmicinae	Lepeletier 1835
tribe	Crematogastrini	Forel 1893
genus	Cataulacus	Smith 1853

Scientific Name

Cataulacus Smith, 1853

Name Published In

Trans. Ent. Soc. London, (2) 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cataulacus	genus	belongs to Myrmicinae	stated with evidence	Mayr, 1867
Cataulacus	genus	belongs to Cataulacini	stated with evidence	Bolton, 2003
Cataulacus	genus	belongs to Crematogastrini	stated with evidence	Ward et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. L. Mayr. 1867. Vorlaufige Studien uber di Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k-k geologischen Reichsanstalt. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 17:47-62

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataulacus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cataulacus adpressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus anthracinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus baumi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus bequaerti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus boltoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus brevisetosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus catuvolcus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus centrurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus cestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus chapmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus deformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus degener species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus difficilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus ebrardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus egenus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus elongatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus erinaceus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus flagitiosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus fricatidorsus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus granulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus greggi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus guineensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus hararicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus hispidulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus horridus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus huberi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus impressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus inermis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus insularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus jacksoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus janneli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus jeanneli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus johannae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus kenyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus kohli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus latissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus latus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus lobatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus longinodus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus lujae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus marginatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus mckeyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus micans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus mocquerysi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus moloch species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus muticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus nenassus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus oberthueri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus parallelus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus pilosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus planiceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cataulacus plebeius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cataulacus pompom species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus porcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus praetextus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus princeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus pullus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus pygmaeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus regularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus resinosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Cataulacus reticulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus rugosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus satrap species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus schoutedeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus setosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus silvestrii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cataulacus simoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus striativentris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus striatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus sulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus taprobanae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cataulacus tardus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus taylori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus theobromicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus traegaordhi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus voeltzkowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus vorticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus wasmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus weissi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cataulacus wissmannii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Cataulacus Smith
1867	Cataulacus Mayr
2003	Cataulacus Bolton p. 56
2012	Cataulacus Bolton
2015	Cataulacus Ward et al. p. 77

References

Mayr G. L. Vorlaufige Studien uber di Radoboj-Formiciden, in der Sammlung der k-k geologischen Reichsanstalt, Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 17, 47-62

Bolton B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71, 1-370

Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World

Ward P. S., Brady S. G., et al (2015) The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Systematic Entomology 40, 61-81

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trans. Ent. Soc. London, (2) 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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