Dyclona

Dyclona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Dyclona; Santschi, 1930
Type species
	Monomorium cristatum, now Cardiocondyla cristata;

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cardiocondyla.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

DYCLONA [junior synonym of Cardiocondyla]
- Dyclona Santschi, 1930b: 70 (footnote) [as subgenus of Cardiocondyla]. Type-species: Monomorium cristatum, by original designation.
- Dyclona junior synonym of Cardiocondyla: Bolton, 1982: 309.

Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 309, Dyclona as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla )
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 245, Dyclona as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla )
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 180, Dyclona as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla (provisional))
Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Rev. Suisse Zool. 37: 53-81 (page 70, Dyclona (footnote) as subgenus of Cardiocondyla)
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 1375, Dyclona as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla )