Amblyopopona

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Amblyopopona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Amblyopopona
Schulz, W.A., 1906
Type species
Not required

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

Nomenclature

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

  • AMBLYOPOPONA [junior synonym of Amblyopone]
    • Amblyopopona Schulz, W.A. 1906: 154, unjustified emendation of Amblyopone.
    • Amblyopopona junior synonym of Amblyopone: Bolton, 1994: 164.


References

  • Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 164, Amblyopopona as junior synonym of Amblyopone)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 154, Amblyopopona as junior synonym of Amblyopone)
  • Schulz, W. A. 1906. Spolia hymenopterologica. Paderborn: Junfermannsche Buchhandlung, 355 pp. (page 154, Amblyopopona; Unjustified emendation of Amblyopone)