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Crateropsis
| Crateropsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Crateropsis Patrizi, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Solenopsis (Crateropsis) elmenteitae, now Carebara elmenteitae
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Carebara.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CRATEROPSIS [junior synonym of Carebara]
- Crateropsis Patrizi, 1948: 174 [as subgenus of Solenopsis]. Type-species: Solenopsis (Crateropsis) elmenteitae, by original designation.
- Crateropsis junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 120.
- Crateropsis junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 215, Crateropsis as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 120, Crateropsis as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex)
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 194, Crateropsis as junior synonym of Carebara)
- Patrizi, S. 1948. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza delle formiche e dei mirmecofili dell'Africa orientale. VI. Crateropsis elmenteitae nuovo sottogenere aberrante di Solenopsis Westw. (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 17: 174 (page 174, Crateropsis as subgenus of Solenopsis)