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Ctenopyga
| Ctenopyga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Ctenopyga Ashmead, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Ctenopyga townsendi (junior synonym of Acanthostichus texanus)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Acanthostichus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CTENOPYGA [junior synonym of Acanthostichus]
- Ctenopyga Ashmead, 1906: 29. Type-species: Ctenopyga townsendi (junior synonym of Acanthostichus texanus), by original designation.
- [Ctenopyga Ashmead, 1905b: 382. Nomen nudum.]
- Ctenopyga subgenus of Acanthostichus: Emery, 1911d: 13.
- Ctenopyga revived status as genus: Brown, 1975: 42; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357.
- Ctenopyga junior synonym of Acanthostichus: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 389; Bolton, 1994: 19; Mackay, 1996: 132.
References
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 382, nomen nudum)
- Ashmead, W. H. 1906. Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus Ctenopyga Ashm. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 8: 21-31 (page 29, Ctenopyga in Dorylidae, Acanthostichinae; Ctenopyga as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1990a. Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 24: 53-68 (page 67, Ctenopyga in Cerapachyinae, Acanthostichini; Ctenopyga as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1990e. Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1339-1364 (page 1357, Ctenopyga as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 19, Ctenopyga as junior synonym of Acanthostichus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 138, Ctenopyga as junior synonym of Acanthostichus)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 179, Ctenopyga as junior synonym of Acanthostichus [provisional])
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 42, Ctenopyga in Ponerinae, Acanthostichini; Ctenopyga as genus)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 58, Ctenopyga as subgenus of Acanthostichus)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 13, Ctenopyga as subgenus of Acanthostichus)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 239, Ctenopyga as subgenus of Acanthostichus)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 10, Ctenopyga in Ponerinae, Acanthostichini; Ctenopyga as genus)
- Mackay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27: 129-179 (page 132, Ctenopyga as junior synonym of Acanthostichus)
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1333, Ctenopyga as genus)
- Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp. (page 389, Ctenopyga as junior synonym of Acanthostichus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 640, Ctenopyga as subgenus of Acanthostichus)