Oedaleocerus

Oedaleocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Oedaleocerus; Creighton, 1930
Type species
	Solenopsis angulata, now Solenopsis parva Specimen Labels;

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.

OEDALEOCERUS [junior synonym of Solenopsis]
- Oedaleocerus Creighton, 1930b: 43 [as subgenus of Solenopsis]. Type-species: Solenopsis angulata, by original designation.
- Oedaleocerus raised to genus: Kusnezov, 1957a: 272.
- Oedaleocerus junior synonym of Solenopsis: Ettershank, 1966: 134.

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 218, Oedaleocerus as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 66: 39-151 (page 43, Oedaleocerus as subgenus of Solenopsis)
Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 677, Oedaleocerus in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini)
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 134, Oedaleocerus as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
Kusnezov, N. 1957b. Die Solenopsidinen-Gattungen von Südamerika (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Anz. 158: 266-280 (page 272, Oedaleocerus as genus)
Kusnezov, N. 1962b. Una nueva especie del género Brownidris Kusnezov (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 18: 155-161 (page 160, Oedaleocerus as genus)
Kusnezov, N. 1964 [1963]. Zoogeografía de las hormigas en Sudamérica. Acta Zool. Lilloana 19: 25-186 (page 61, Oedaleocerus as genus)