Chapmanella

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Chapmanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Chapmanella
Wheeler, W.M., 1930
Type species
Chapmanella negrosensis, now Euprenolepis negrosensis

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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Euprenolepis.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • CHAPMANELLA [junior synonym of Euprenolepis]
    • Chapmanella Wheeler, W.M. 1930d: 41. Type-species: Chapmanella negrosensis, by original designation.
    • Chapmanella junior synonym of Euprenolepis: Brown, 1953h: 6.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 102, Chapmanella as junior synonym of Euprenolepis)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953h. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part II. Breviora 18: 1-8 (page 6, Chapmanella as junior synonym of Euprenolepis)
  • Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 214, Chapmanella in Formicinae, Prenolepidini)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 632, Chapmanella in Formicinae, Prenolepidini)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1930e. Two new genera of ants from Australia and the Philippines. Psyche (Camb.) 37: 41-47 (page 41, 44, Chapmanella as genus; Chapmanella in Formicinae, Lasiini)