Centromyrmicini
Centromyrmicini | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponerini) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Centromyrmicini Emery, 1911 |
Type genus | |
Centromyrmex |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ponerini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CENTROMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Ponerini]
- Centromyrmicini Emery, 1911d: 57. Type-genus: Centromyrmex Mayr, 1866b: 894.
Taxonomic History
- Centromyrmecini as subtribe of Ponerini: Emery, 1911d: 57 [Centromyrmicini]; Forel, 1917: 237.
- Centromyrmecini as tribe of Ponerinae: Bernard, 1953b: 186.
- Centromyrmecini as junior synonym of Ponerini: Brown, 1953c: 9.