Notostigmatini
Notostigmatini | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melophorini) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Notostigmatini Bolton, 2003 |
Type genus | |
Notostigma |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Melophorini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- NOTOSTIGMATINI [junior synonym of Melophorini]
- Notostigmatini Bolton, 2003: 27, 126. Type-genus: Notostigma Emery, 1920b: 252.
Taxonomic History
- Notostigmatini as tribe of Formicinae: Bolton, 2003: 27, 126.
- Notostigmatini as junior synonym of Melophorini: Ward, et al. 2016: 347.