Commateta
Commateta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Commateta Santschi, 1929 |
Type species | |
Ectatomma (Parectatomma) bruchi, now Gnamptogenys bruchi
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Gnamptogenys.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- COMMATETA [junior synonym of Gnamptogenys]
- Commateta Santschi, 1929h: 476 [as subgenus of Ectatomma]. Type-species: Ectatomma (Parectatomma) bruchi, by original designation.
- Commateta junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 212.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 175, Commateta as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys)
- 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 212, Commateta as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys)
- Santschi, F. 1929h. Révision du genre Holcoponera Mayr. Zool. Anz. 82: 437-477 (page 476, Commateta as subgenus of Ectatomma)