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Neoblepharidatta
| Neoblepharidatta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Neoblepharidatta Sheela & Narendran, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Neoblepharidatta nayana, now Carebara nayana | |
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.
- NEOBLEPHARIDATTA [junior synonym of Carebara]
- Neoblepharidatta Sheela & Narendran, 1997: 88. Type-species: Neoblepharidatta nayana, by original designation.
- Neoblepharidatta junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 216, 273.
- Neoblepharidatta junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 216, 273, Neoblepharidatta 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, Neoblepharidatta as junior synonym of Carebara)
- Sheela, S.; Narendran, T. C. 1997. A new genus and a new species of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. J. Ecobiol. 9: 87-91 (page 88, 89, Neoblepharidatta as genus; Neoblepharidatta incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)