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Prodiscothyrea
| Prodiscothyrea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Prodiscothyrea Wheeler, W.M., 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Prodiscothyrea velutina, now Discothyrea velutina
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Discothyrea.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PRODISCOTHYREA [junior synonym of Discothyrea]
- Prodiscothyrea Wheeler, W.M. 1916i: 33. Type-species: Prodiscothyrea velutina, by monotypy.
- Prodiscothyrea junior synonym of Discothyrea: Brown, 1958g: 248.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 179, Prodiscothyrea as junior synonym of Discothyrea)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 248, Prodiscothyrea as junior synonym of Discothyrea)
- 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 77, Prodiscothyrea in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- 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 687, Prodiscothyrea in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1916m. Prodiscothyrea, a new genus of ponerine ants from Queensland. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40: 33-37 (page 33, Prodiscothyrea as genus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1916m. Prodiscothyrea, a new genus of ponerine ants from Queensland. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40: 33-37 (page 36, Prodiscothyrea in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 645, Prodiscothyrea in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)