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Syntaphus
| †Syntaphus Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Genus: | †Syntaphus Donisthorpe, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Syntaphus wheeleri | |
| Diversity | |
| 0 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
This genus has been transferred to the family Braconidae.
Identification
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †SYNTAPHUS [incertae sedis in Formicidae]
- †Syntaphus Donisthorpe, 1920: 84. Type-species: †Syntaphus wheeleri, by original designation.
- Excluded from Formicidae; transferred to family Braconidae: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 433.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 164, Syntaphus in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 399, Syntaphus in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 264, Syntaphus incertae sedis in Formicidae)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 84, Syntaphus as genus)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 84, Syntaphus in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- 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 730, Syntaphus in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 10, Syntaphus in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)