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Palaeatta
| Palaeatta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Palaeatta Borgmeier, 1950 |
| Type species | |
| Atta bisphaerica
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Atta.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PALAEATTA [junior synonym of Atta]
- Palaeatta Borgmeier, 1950d: 244 [as subgenus of Atta]. Type-species: Atta bisphaerica, by original designation.
- Palaeatta subgenus of Atta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 377; Kempf, 1972a: 28.
- Palaeatta junior synonym of Atta: Weber, 1958a: 8; Bolton, 1994: 105.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 105, Palaeatta as junior synonym of Atta)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 198, Palaeatta as junior synonym of Atta)
- Borgmeier, T. 1950d. Estudos sôbre Atta (Hym. Formicidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Rio J. 48: 239-263. (page 244, Palaeatta as subgengus of Atta)
- Borgmeier, T. 1959b. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 321-390 (page 377, Palaeatta as subgengus of Atta)
- 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, Palaeatta as junior synonym of Atta (provisional))
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 28, Palaeatta as subgengus of Atta)
- Weber, N. A. 1958a. Nomenclatural notes on Proatta and Atta (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 69: 7-13 (page 8, Palaeatta as junior synonym of Atta)