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Dorothea
| Dorothea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Dorothea Donisthorpe, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Dorothea novobritainae, now Vollenhovia novobritainae
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Vollenhovia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DOROTHEA [junior synonym of Vollenhovia]
- Dorothea Donisthorpe, 1948c: 65. Type-species: Dorothea novobritainae, by monotypy.
- Dorothea junior synonym of Vollenhovia: Ettershank, 1966: 146.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 206, Dorothea as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1948c. A new genus and species of ant from New Britain. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 60: 65-66 (page 65, Dorothea as genus)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 146, Dorothea as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)