Cerapachys

Cerapachys
	C. biroi worker from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Cerapachys; Smith, 1857
Type species
	Cerapachys antennatus;
Diversity
	156 species
Synonyms
	Ceratopachys Schulz, 1906; Chrysapace Crawley, 1924; Cysias Emery, 1902; Lioponera Mayr, 1879; Neophyracaces Clark, 1941; Ooceraea Roger, 1862; Parasyscia Emery, 1882; Phyracaces Emery, 1902; Syscia Roger, 1861; Yunodorylus Xu, 2000

Cerapachys (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant")^[2] is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.^[3] Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with the majority of species known from the Indo-Australian region.^[4]

Species

Cerapachys aberrans (Clark, 1934)
Cerapachys adamus Forel, 1910
Cerapachys afer Forel, 1907
Cerapachys aitkenii Forel, 1900
Cerapachys alii Bharti & Akbar, 2013
Cerapachys angustatus (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys anokha Bharti & Akbar, 2013
Cerapachys antennatus Smith, 1857
Cerapachys aranus Bolton, 1995
Cerapachys arnoldi Forel, 1914
Cerapachys augustae Wheeler, 1902
Cerapachys bakeri (Wheeler & Chapman, 1925)
Cerapachys besucheti Brown, 1975
Cerapachys binodis Forel, 1910
Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907 moved to Ooceraea biroi
Cerapachys braunsi (Emery, 1902)
Cerapachys braytoni (Weber, 1949)
Cerapachys brevicollis (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys brevis (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys browni Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
Cerapachys bryanti Wheeler, 1919
Cerapachys centurio Brown, 1975
Cerapachys clarki (Crawley, 1922)
Cerapachys coecus (Mayr, 1897)
Cerapachys cohici (Wilson, 1957)
Cerapachys collingwoodi Sharaf, 2007
Cerapachys conservatus Viehmeyer, 1913
Cerapachys constrictus (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys costatus Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
Cerapachys coxalis (Arnold, 1926)
Cerapachys crassus (Clark, 1941)
Cerapachys crawleyi Wheeler, 1924
Cerapachys cribrinodis (Emery, 1899)
Cerapachys cryptus Mann, 1921
Cerapachys daikoku Terayama, 1996
Cerapachys decorsei (Santschi, 1912)
Cerapachys desertorum Dlussky, 1990
Cerapachys desposyne Wilson, 1959
Cerapachys dohertyi Emery, 1902
Cerapachys dominulus Wilson, 1959
Cerapachys doryloides Borowiec, 2009
Cerapachys dumbletoni (Wilson, 1957)
Cerapachys edentatus (Forel, 1900)
Cerapachys eguchii Borowiec, 2009
Cerapachys elegans (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys faurei Arnold, 1949
Cerapachys fervidus (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys ficosus (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys flammeus (Clark, 1930)
Cerapachys flavaclavatus Donisthorpe, 1938
Cerapachys foreli (Santschi, 1914)
Cerapachys fossulatus Forel, 1895
Cerapachys foveolatus Radchenko, 1993
Cerapachys fragosus (Roger, 1862)
Cerapachys fuscior Mann, 1921
Cerapachys gilesi (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys grandis (Clark, 1934)
Cerapachys greavesi (Clark, 1934)
Cerapachys gwynethae (Clark, 1941)
Cerapachys hashimotoi Terayama, 1996
Cerapachys heros (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys hondurianus Mann, 1922
Cerapachys humicola Ogata, 1983
Cerapachys huode (Terayama, 2009)
Cerapachys imerinensis (Forel, 1891)
Cerapachys inconspicuus Emery, 1901
Cerapachys incontentus Brown, 1975
Cerapachys indicus Brown, 1975
Cerapachys jacobsoni Forel, 1912
Cerapachys jovis Forel, 1915
Cerapachys kenyensis Consani, 1951
Cerapachys keralensis Karmaly, 2012
Cerapachys kodecorum Brown, 1975
Cerapachys kraepelinii Forel, 1895
Cerapachys krombeini (Donisthorpe, 1947)
Cerapachys lamborni Crawley, 1923
Cerapachys larvatus (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys latus Brown, 1975
Cerapachys lindrothi Wilson, 1959
Cerapachys lividus Brown, 1975
Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)
Cerapachys luteoviger Brown, 1975
Cerapachys luzuriagae (Wheeler & Chapman, 1925)
Cerapachys macrops (Clark, 1941)
Cerapachys majusculus Mann, 1921
Cerapachys manni Crawley, 1926
Cerapachys marginatus Emery, 1897
Cerapachys mayri Forel, 1892
Cerapachys mjoebergi Forel, 1915
Cerapachys muiri Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
Cerapachys mullewanus (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys natalensis Forel, 1901
Cerapachys nayana Bharti & Akbar, 2013
Cerapachys neotropicus Weber, 1939
Cerapachys niger (Santschi, 1914)
Cerapachys nigriventris (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys nitens Donisthorpe, 1949
Cerapachys nitidulus Brown, 1975
Cerapachys nkomoensis (Forel, 1916)
Cerapachys noctambulus (Santschi, 1910)
Cerapachys opacus Emery, 1901
Cerapachys papuanus (Emery, 1897)
Cerapachys paradoxus Borowiec, 2009
Cerapachys parva (Forel, 1900)
Cerapachys pawa Mann, 1919
Cerapachys peringueyi (Emery, 1886)
Cerapachys picipes (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys pictus (Clark, 1934)
Cerapachys piliventris (Clark, 1941)
Cerapachys piochardi ([no authors], 1882)
Cerapachys polynikes Wilson, 1959
Cerapachys potteri (Clark, 1941)
Cerapachys princeps (Clark, 1934)
Cerapachys pruinosus Brown, 1975
Cerapachys pubescens (Emery, 1902)
Cerapachys punctatissimus (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys pusillus (Emery, 1897)
Cerapachys reticulatus Emery, 1923
Cerapachys ruficornis (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys rufithorax Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
Cerapachys rugulinodis (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys salimani Karavaiev, 1925
Cerapachys sauteri Forel, 1913
Cerapachys schoedli Bharti & Akbar, 2013
Cerapachys sculpturatus Mann, 1921
Cerapachys seema Bharti & Akbar, 2013
Cerapachys senescens (Wheeler, 1918)
Cerapachys sexspinus (Xu, 2000)
Cerapachys similis (Santschi, 1930)
Cerapachys simmonsae (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys singaporensis (Viehmeyer, 1916)
Cerapachys singularis Forel, 1900
Cerapachys sjostedti Forel, 1915
Cerapachys splendens Borgmeier, 1957
Cerapachys sudanensis Weber, 1942
Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889
Cerapachys superatus Wilson, 1959
Cerapachys suscitatus (Viehmeyer, 1913)
Cerapachys sylvicola Arnold, 1955
Cerapachys terricola Mann, 1919
Cerapachys toltecus Forel, 1909
Cerapachys turneri Forel, 1902
Cerapachys typhlus (Roger, 1861)
Cerapachys validus Arnold, 1960
Cerapachys varians (Clark, 1924)
Cerapachys versicolor (Donisthorpe, 1948)
Cerapachys vespula (Weber, 1949)
Cerapachys villiersi Bernard, 1953
Cerapachys vitiensis Mann, 1921
Cerapachys wighti Bharti & Akbar, 2013
Cerapachys wittmeri Collingwood, 1985
Cerapachys wroughtoni Forel, 1910
Cerapachys xizangensis Tang & Li, 1982
Cerapachys zimmermani Wilson, 1959

References

^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Cerapachys". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ "Animal species: Ant-raiding Ant". australianmuseum.net.au. Australian Museum. September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ "Genus: Cerapachys". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. (2013). "Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India". ZooKeys (336): 79–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.336.5719. PMC 3800781. PMID 24146574.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. (2013). "Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India". ZooKeys (336): 79–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.336.5719. PMC 3800781. PMID 24146574.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.

External links

Media related to Cerapachys at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cerapachys at Wikispecies

[AntCat-1] Bolton, B. (2014). "Cerapachys". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[Ant-raiding-ant-2] "Animal species: Ant-raiding Ant". australianmuseum.net.au. Australian Museum. September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[AWCerapachys-3] "Genus: Cerapachys". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[Bharti&Akbar_2013-4] Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. (2013). "Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India". ZooKeys (336): 79–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.336.5719. PMC 3800781. PMID 24146574.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]