Oecophylla smaragdina

Oecophylla smaragdina

Oecophylla smaragdina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Formicinae
Tribus: Oecophyllini
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: Oecophylla smaragdina
Subspecies: O. s. fuscoides – O. s. gracilior – O. s. gracillima – O. s. selebensis – O. s. smaragdina – O. s. subnitida

Name

Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775: 828) [originally: Formica smaragdina; Combination in Oecophylla: Smith, 1860b: 102]

Type locality: India.

Synonyms

• Camponotus smaragdinus (Fabricius)
• Echophylla virescens (Fabricius)
• Formica Smaragdina Fabricius
• Formica macra Guérin-Méneville
• Formica smaragdina Fabricius
• Formica virescens Fabricius
• Formica viridis Kirby
• Formica zonata Guérin-Méneville
• Lasius virescens (Fabricius)
• Oecophylla macra (Guérin-Méneville) [Senior synonym of macra Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176]
• Oecophylla virescens (Fabricius) [Senior synonym of virescens: Mayr, 1872: 143; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127]
• Oecophylla viridis (Kirby) [Senior synonym of viridis: Smith, F. 1857a: 53; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127]
• Oecophylla zonata (Guérin-Méneville) [Senior synonym of zonata Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176]

References

• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Cole & Jones 1948. A study of the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fab.). American Midland Naturalist 39: 641–651.
• Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46: 175–217. Reference page. 
• Taylor, R.W. & Brown, D.R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1–149, 306–348.

Vernacular names

English: Asian Weaver Ant
français: Fourmi tisserande
Nederlands: Groene wevermier