Pseudosysphincta

Pseudosysphincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Proceratiinae
Tribe:	Proceratiini
Genus:	Pseudosysphincta; Arnold, 1916
Type species
	Pseudosysphincta poweri, now Discothyrea poweri Specimen labels;

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Discothyrea.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

PSEUDOSYSPHINCTA [junior synonym of Discothyrea]
- Pseudosysphincta Arnold, 1916: 161. Type-species: Pseudosysphincta poweri, by original designation.
- Pseudosysphincta junior synonym of Discothyrea: Brown, 1958g: 248.
[Pseudosphincta Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 645, incorrect subsequent spelling.]

Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 161, Pseudosysphincta as genus)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 179, Pseudosysphincta as junior synonym of Discothyrea)
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 248, Pseudosysphincta as junior synonym of Discothyrea)
Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 721-737 (page 723, Pseudosysphincta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 236, Pseudosysphincta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
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 645, Pseudosysphincta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)