Ericapeltini

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Ericapeltini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Amblyoponini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Ericapeltini
Kusnezov, 1955
Type genus
Ericapelta

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ERICAPELTINI [junior synonym of Amblyoponini]
    • Ericapeltini Kusnezov, 1955: 275. Type-genus: Ericapelta Kusnezov, 1955: 273 (junior synonym of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859: 250).

Taxonomic History

  • Ericapeltini as subtribe of Amblyoponini: Kusnezov, 1955: 275.
  • Ericapeltini as junior synonym of Amblyoponini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 2003: 153.

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