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Phidologeton
| Phidologeton | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Phidologeton Bingham, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Not required | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Carebara.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PHIDOLOGETON [junior synonym of Carebara]
- Phidologeton Bingham, 1903: 160, unjustified emendation of Pheidologeton.
- Phidologeton junior synonym of Pheidologeton: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 880.
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 160, Phidologeton; Unjustified emendation of Pheidologeton)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 217, Phidologeton as junior synonym of Pheidologeton)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 880, Phidologeton as junior synonym of Pheidologeton)