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An Identification Guide to Ant
Genera of the World
By Barry Bolton
Published by Harvard in 1994 –
unread, internally as new – minor shelfwear - taken out of the publishers wrap to list – issued without a DJ
From subarctic tundra to
equatorial rainforest, deep in the soil and at the tip of the highest tree,
ants are found the world over. This book, by the world’s leading ant
taxonomist, offers a definitive guide for identifying these ubiquitous insects.
Barry Bolton provides
identification keys to all the living ant subfamilies and genera, presented in
alphabetical order and separated by zoogeographical region. Designed for
professional and amateur myrmecologists alike, this guide is as accessible as
it is comprehensive, including information on the function and use of
identification keys, instructions for preparing specimens for examination, and
an illustrated glossary of morphological terms. Over 500 scanning electron
microscope photographs illustrate the taxonomic keys.
Bolton introduces each subfamily
with a diagnosis of the group, followed by synoptic classifications of all
genera within each subfamily, notes on broad distribution, and a list of
references to all species-rank publications useful to identification. He also
provides a short summary of the extinct subfamilies and includes a checklist of
every name ever proposed in the classification of ants, from the rank of family
down to subgenus, showing the current status and usage of each.
An updated and exhaustively
expanded revision of the taxonomic keys found in Hölldobler and Wilson’s The
Ants, Bolton’s identification guide takes its place alongside that landmark
work as the foundation for the study of ants for many years to come
Contents -
Introduction
Problems of Classification
Outline of Zoogeography
Preparation of Specimens
Organization and Use of the Book
The Family Formicidae
Diagnosis of the Family
Formicidae
The Extant Subfamilies
Key to Subfamilies Based on
External Morphology
New Format Key in Subfamilies
Subfamily Aenictinae
Subfamily Aenictogitoninae
Subfamily Aneuretinae
Subfamily Apomyrminae
Subfamily Cerapachyinae
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
Subfamily Dorylinae
Subfamily Ecitoninae
Subfamily Formicinae
Subfamily Leptanillinae
Subfamily Leptanillodinae
Subfamily Myrmeciinae
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Subfamily Nothomyrmeciinae
Subfamily Ponerinae
Subfamily Psuedomyrmecinae
The Extinct Subfamilies
Subfamily Armaniinae
Subfamily Formiciinae
Subfamily Sphecomyrminae
Subfamily Paleosminteurinae
References to Faunistic Studies
Glossary of Morphological Terms
Bibliography
Index and Checklist
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