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Octella
| Octella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Octella Forel, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Oligomyrmex (Octella) pachycerus, now Solenopsis pachycera | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Solenopsis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- OCTELLA [junior synonym of Solenopsis]
- Octella Forel, 1915b: 70 [as subgenus of Oligomyrmex]. Type-species: Oligomyrmex (Octella) pachycerus, by original designation.
- Octella junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119.
- Octella junior synonym of Solenopsis: Taylor, 1991b: 611.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 218, Octella as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 218, Octella as subgenus of Oligomyrmex)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 119, Octella as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 70, Octella as subgenus of Oligomyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 243, Octella as subgenus of Oligomyrmex)
- Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 30: 599-614 (page 611, Octella as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 687, Octella as subgenus of Oligomyrmex)