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Eriopheidole
| Eriopheidole | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Eriopheidole Kusnezov, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| Eriopheidole symbiotica, now Pheidole kusnezovi | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ERIOPHEIDOLE [junior synonym of Pheidole]
- Eriopheidole Kusnezov, 1952a: 10. Type-species: Eriopheidole symbiotica (junior secondary homonym in Pheidole, replaced by Pheidole kusnezovi), by monotypy.
- Eriopheidole junior synonym of Pheidole: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1366; Bolton, 1994: 106.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 106, Eriopheidole as junior synonym of Pheidole )
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 235, Eriopheidole as junior synonym of Pheidole )
- 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, Eriopheidole as junior synonym of Pheidole (provisional))
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 107, Eriopheidole in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Kusnezov, N. 1952a [1951]. Un caso de evolución eruptiva. Eriopheidole symbiotica nov. gen., nov. sp. (Himenoptera, Formicidae). Mem. Mus. Entre Ríos 29: 5-31 (page 10, Eriopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini)
- 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 1366, Eriopheidole as junior synonym of Pheidole )
- Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp. (page 395, Eriopheidole as junior synonym of Pheidole )