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Asphinctanilloides
| Asphinctanilloides | |
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| Leptanilloides anae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Asphinctanilloides Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999 |
| Type species | |
| Asphinctanilloides anae, now Leptanilloides anae
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptanilloides.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ASPHINCTANILLOIDES [junior synonym of Leptanilloides]
- Asphinctanilloides Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999: 30. Type-species: Asphinctanilloides anae, by original designation.
- Asphinctanilloides junior synonym of Leptanilloides: Borowiec, 2016: 150.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 146, Asphinctanilloides in Leptanilloidinae, Leptanilloidini)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- Brandão, C. R. F.; Diniz, J. L. M.; Agosti, D.; Delabie, J. H. C. 1999. Revision of the Neotropical ant subfamily Leptanilloidinae. Syst. Entomol. 24: 17-36 (page 30, Asphinctanilloides in Leptanilloidinae)
- Silva, R.R., Feitosa, R.M., Brandao, C.R.F. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2013. The first Leptanilloides species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae) from eastern South America. Journal of Natural History (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.763058).