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Neophyracaces
| Neophyracaces | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Neophyracaces Clark, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Phyracaces clarus, now Lioponera clara
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lioponera.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- NEOPHYRACACES [junior synonym of Cerapachys]
- Neophyracaces Clark, 1941: 76. Type-species: Phyracaces clarus, by original designation.
- Neophyracaces junior synonym of Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 19.
- Neophyracaces junior synonym of Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 156.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 141, Neophyracaces as junior synonym of Cerapachys)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 183, Neophyracaces as junior synonym of Cerapachys [provisional])
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 19, Neophyracaces as junior synonym of Cerapachys)
- Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 76, Neophyracaces in Cerapachyinae)