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Liometopini
| Liometopini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinomini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Liometopini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 |
| Type genus | |
| Liometopum | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinomini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- LIOMETOPINI [junior synonym of Tapinomini]
- Liometopini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77. Type-genus: Liometopum Mayr, 1861: 38.
Taxonomic History
- Liometopini as tribe of Dolichoderinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.
- Liometopini as junior synonym of Dolichoderinae: Shattuck, 1992c: 5; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 12; Bolton, 2003: 19, 81.
- Liometopini as junior synonym of Tapinomini: Ward, et al. 2010: 361 [by implication, because type-genus included in Tapinomini].