Gnamptogenys soror

Gnamptogenys soror
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Alfaria caelata)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Alfaria
Species:	Gnamptogenys soror Kempf & Brown, 1968

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

Nomenclature

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

• soror. Gnamptogenys soror Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Pará, Iriboca, nr Belém, Pirelli Rubber Plantation, 23.viii.1962 (P.F. Darlington); paratype with same data.
  • Type-depositories: DZSP (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
  • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 115.
  • Junior synonym of caelata: Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.

References

• Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).
• Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1968. Report on some Neotropical ant studies. Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sao Paulo) 22: 89-102. (page 90, worker described)
• Lattke, J. E. 1992a. Revision of the minuta-group of the genus Gnamptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (N.F.) 39: 123-129 (page 126, Junior synonym of caelata)