Drepanognathini
Drepanognathini | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponerini) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Drepanognathini Ashmead, 1905 |
Type genus | |
Drepanognathus |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ponerini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DREPANOGNATHINI [junior synonym of Ponerini]
- Drepanognathini Ashmead, 1905b: 382. Type-genus: Drepanognathus Smith, F. 1858b: 81 (junior synonym of Harpegnathos Jerdon, 1851: 116).
Taxonomic History
- Drepanognathini as tribe of Pachycondylinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 382.
- Drepanognathini as junior synonym of Harpegnathini: Emery, 1911d: 58.
- Drepanognathini as junior synonym of Ponerini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 52.