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Lioponerini
| Lioponerini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dorylinae) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Tribe: | Lioponerini Ashmead, 1905 |
| Type genus | |
| Lioponera | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dorylinae.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- LIOPONERINI [junior synonym of Dorylinae]
- Lioponerini Ashmead, 1905b: 382. Type-genus: Lioponera Mayr, 1879: 666.
Taxonomic History
- Lioponerini as tribe of Pachycondylinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 382.
- Lioponerini as junior synonym of Cerapachyini: Emery, 1911d: 6; Brown, 1975: 19 (no statement of tribe synonymy but all taxa included under Cerapachys); Bolton, 1994: 19; subsequent authors.
- Lioponerini as junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brady, et al. 2014: 5.