Stictoponerini

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Stictoponerini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ectatommini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Stictoponerini
Arnol'di, 1930
Type genus
Stictoponera

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

Nomenclature

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

  • STICTOPONERINI [junior synonym of Ectatommini]
    • Stictoponerini Arnol'di, 1930d: 161. Type-genus: Stictoponera Mayr, 1887: 539 (junior synonym of Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863a: 174).

Taxonomic History

  • Stictoponerini as subtribe of Ectatommini: Arnol'di, 1930d: 161.
  • Stictoponerini as junior synonym of Ectatommini: Taylor, 1980c: 354; Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 2003: 46.

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