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Dacetum
| Dacetum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Dacetum Agassiz, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Not required | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Daceton.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DACETUM [junior synonym of Daceton]
- Dacetum Agassiz, 1846: 332, unjustified emendation of Daceton.
- Dacetum junior synonym of Daceton: Brown, 1973b: 179.
References
- Agassiz, J. L. R. 1846. Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum, et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland]: Jent & Gassmann, viii + 393 pp. (page 332, Dacetum; unjustified emendation of Daceton)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 187, Dacetum as junior synonym of Daceton)
- 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, Dacetum as junior synonym of Daceton)