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Euophthalma
| Euophthalma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Euophthalma Creighton, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmica globularia, now Solenopsis globularia
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Solenopsis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- EUOPHTHALMA [junior synonym of Solenopsis]
- Euophthalma Creighton, 1930b: 43 [as subgenus of Solenopsis]. Type-species: Myrmica globularia, by original designation.
- Euophthalma junior synonym of Solenopsis: Ettershank, 1966: 134.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 218, Euophthalma as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
- Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 66: 39-151 (page 43, Euophthalma as subgenus of Solenopsis)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 134, Euophthalma as junior synonym of Solenopsis)