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Metaponini
| Metaponini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Metaponini Forel, 1911 |
| Type genus | |
| Metapone | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogastrini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- METAPONINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
- Metaponini Forel, 1911h: 447. Type-genus: Metapone Forel, 1911h: 447.
Taxonomic History
- Metaponini as tribe of Ponerinae: Forel, 1911h: 446.
- Metaponini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 34; Forel, 1917: 240; Emery, 1921f: 19; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 655; subsequent authors; Bolton, 2003: 71, 257.
- Metaponini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.