Cataulacus intrudens (Smith 1876)

Meranoplus intrudens Smith, 1876d PDF: 609, pl. 11, fig. 7 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker, 2 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype males (designated by: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 42). [Note: the queen described by Smith is absent from the BMNH collection, presumed lost or destroyed.] Type-locality: lectotype South Africa: Natal, Durban, Weenen District, in acacia thorns (“76,48.Natal”) (J.M. Hutchinson); paralectotypes with same data. Type-depositories: BMNH (lectotype); BMNH, MCZC (paralectotypes). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 42.Combination in Cataulacus: Mayr, 1886c PDF: 364.Status as species: Mayr, 1886c PDF: 364; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 138; Mayr, 1895 PDF: 129; Emery, 1895i PDF: 41; Mayr, 1907b PDF: 14; Arnold, 1917 PDF: 391; Wheeler, 1922: 914; Emery, 1924f PDF: 296; Arnold, 1926 PDF: 286; Menozzi, 1930b PDF: 112; Menozzi & Consani, 1952 PDF: 68; Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43 (redescription); Bolton, 1982 PDF: 357, 358 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 138; Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 209.Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi batonga: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi bulawayensis: Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus johannae densipunctatus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus foveosquamosus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi gazanus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus hararicus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus intrudens intermedius: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus johannae: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi pseudotrema: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus rugosus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus rugosus subrugosus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.Senior synonym of Cataulacus umbilicatus: Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.[Note: Cataulacus intrudens and its current synonyms are best regarded as an unresolved species-complex.].Material of the unavailable names Cataulacus rugosus krugeri, Cataulacus baumi pseudotrema tangana referred here by Bolton, 1974a PDF: 43.