Paraplagiolepis

Paraplagiolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Paraplagiolepis Faber, 1969
Type species
Plagiolepis xene

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

Nomenclature

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

• PARAPLAGIOLEPIS [junior synonym of Plagiolepis]
  • Paraplagiolepis Faber, 1969: 65 [as subgenus of Plagiolepis]. Type-species: Plagiolepis xene, by monotypy.
  • Paraplagiolepis junior synonym of Plagiolepis: Bolton, 1994: 51.

References

• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 51, Paraplagiolepis as junior synonym of Plagiolepis)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 105, Paraplagiolepis as junior synonym of Plagiolepis)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 183, Paraplagiolepis as junior synonym of Plagiolepis (provisional))
• Faber, W. 1969. Beiträge zur Kenntnis sozialparasitischer Ameisen. 2. Aporomyrmex ampeloni nov. gen., nov. spec. (Hym. Formicidae), ein neuer permanenter Sozialparasit bei Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki aus Österreich. Pflanzenschutz Ber. 39: 39-100 (page 65, Paraplagiolepis as subgenus of Plagiolepis)