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Dodous
| Dodous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmecinini |
| Genus: | Dodous Donisthorpe, 1946 |
| Type species | |
| Dodous trispinosus, now Pristomyrmex trispinosus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pristomyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DODOUS [junior synonym of Pristomyrmex]
- Dodous Donisthorpe, 1946f: 145. Type-species: Dodous trispinosus, by original designation.
- Dodous junior synonym of Pristomyrmex: Brown, 1971a: 3.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 256, Dodous as junior synonym of Pristomyrmex)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1971a. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part IV. Some genera of subfamily Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Breviora 365: 1-5 (page 3, Dodous as junior synonym of Pristomyrmex)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1946j. A new genus and species of Formicidae (Hym.) from Mauritius. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 15: 145-147 (page 145, Dodous in Myrmicinae, Selenopsidini)