Ants of Tiputini

Tiputini Acanthostichus

Acanthostichus quadratus

The only species found at Tiputini, it was collected with a subterranean probe

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Hymenoptera Name Server	Citation of original description: Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511-632. Browse or download entire file (6.3M)
Most recent revision (not available online)	MacKay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27(2): 129-179
Unofficial online key	The Ants of North America - William and Emma Mackay, Acanthostichus key as a word document
Antweb Acanthostichus arizonensis worker Photographer: April Nobile www.antweb.org
Discover Life Acanthostichus arizonensis worker Photographer: Gary Alpert
AntwebAcanthostichus kirbyi worker Photographer: April Nobile www.antweb.org
AntwebAcanthostichus punctaticeps worker Photographer: April Nobile www.antweb.org
Discover LifeAcanthostichus texanus worker Photographer: D.S. Kjar
AntwebAcanthostichus texanus queen Photographer: April Nobile www.antweb.org
Discover Life Acanthostichus texanus queen Photographer: D.S. Kjar
MCZ Type DatabaseAcanthostichus skwarrae
American Museum of Natural History Acanthostichus sp.
American Museum of Natural HistoryAcanthostichus fuscipennis male
American Museum of Natural HistoryAcanthostichus quadratus worker
American Museum of Natural HistoryAcanthostichus brevicornis worker
Other references	Bruch, C. 1924. "Una nueva ponerina Acanthostichus Ramosmexiae n. spec." Physis (B. Aires) 7:260-261. Browse or download entire file (92k). Bruch, C. 1925. "Macho, larva y ninfa de Acanthostichus ramosmexiae Bruch." Physis (B. Aires) 8:110-114. Bruch, C. 1934. "La hembra dictadiforme de Acanthostichus laticornis For. v. obscuridens Sants. (Hymenoptera Formicidae)." Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argentina 6:3-8. De Andrade, M. L. 1998. First description of fossil Acanthostichus from Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 71: 269-274. Gallardo, A. 1919. Una nueva prodorilina Acanthostichus afflictus [male]. 30: 237-242. Browse or download entire file (893k). Kempf, W.W. 1964. "A propósito de um estudo sôbre as formigas do gênero Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Pap. Avulsos Zool. 16:263-266. Kusnezov, N. 1962. El género Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18: 121-138. Browse or download entire file (834k). MacKay, W. P. 1985. Acanthostichus sanchezorum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), una nueva especie de Colombia. Sociobiology 11: 127-131. MacKay, W. P. 2004. A new species of the ant genus Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Paraguay, and a description of the gyne of A. brevicornis Emery. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106: 97-101. Browse or download entire file (264k). Morini, Maria Sde C; Yashima, M; Zene, Flavio Y; Da Silva, Rogerio R; Jahyny, Benoit . Observations on the Acanthostichus quadratus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Cerapachyinae) Visiting Underground Bait and Fruits of the Syagrus romanzoffiana, in an Area of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Sociobiology [Sociobiology]. Vol. 43, no. 3, [vp]. 2004. Smith, M.R . 1955. "Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga) townsendi (Ashm.), a synonym of Acanthostichus texanus Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 50:48-50. Tomotake, M.E.M., and F.H. Caetano 1997. "Morphology of the digestive tract of Acanthostichus serratulus and Cylindromyrmex brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Naturalia (São Paulo) 22:9-15. Tomotake, M.E.M., and F.H. Caetano. 1994. "Digestive tract morphology of Acanthostichus serratulus and Cylindromyrmex brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Pp. 533 in Les insectes sociaux. 12ème congrès de l'Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Sociaux. Paris, Sorbonne, 21-27 août 1994, edited by A. Lenoir, G. Arnold, and M. Lepage. Université Paris Nord.