Hendecatella

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Hendecatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Hendecatella
Wheeler, W.M., 1927
Type species
Oligomyrmex (Hendecatella) capreolus, now Carebara capreola

MCZ-ENT00020966 Oligomyrmex capreolus hal.jpg

MCZ-ENT00020966 Oligomyrmex capreolus had.jpg

Syntype Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • HENDECATELLA [junior synonym of Carebara]
    • Hendecatella Wheeler, W.M. 1927h: 93 [as subgenus of Oligomyrmex]. Type-species: Oligomyrmex (Hendecatella) capreolus, by monotypy.
    • Hendecatella junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119.
    • Hendecatella junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 215, Hendecatella as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex)
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 119, Hendecatella as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex)
  • Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 194, Hendecatella as junior synonym of Carebara)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1927g. The ants of the Canary Islands. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 93-120 (page 93, Hendecatella as subgenus of Oligomyrmex)