Tranopeltoides

Tranopeltoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tranopeltoides; Wheeler, W.M., 1922
Type species
	Tranopelta huberi, now Crematogaster huberi;

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster (Orthocrema).

Nomenclature

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

TRANOPELTOIDES [junior synonym of Crematogaster (Orthocrema)]
- Tranopeltoides Wheeler, W.M. 1922e: 10. Type-species: Tranopelta huberi, by original designation.
- Tranopeltoides junior synonym of Crematogaster: Kempf, 1960c: 173.
- Tranopeltoides junior synonym of Crematogaster (Orthocrema): Blaimer 2012: 52.

Blaimer, B.B. 2012. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482, 47–67.
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 239, Tranopeltoides as junior synonym of Crematogaster (Orthocrema))
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 733, Tranopeltoides in Myrmicinae, Selenopsidini)
Kempf, W. W. 1960c. Tranopeltoides Wheeler, a synonym of Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. News 71: 173-175 (page 173, Tranopeltoides as junior synonym of Crematogaster)
Kusnezov, N. 1957b. Die Solenopsidinen-Gattungen von Südamerika (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Anz. 158: 266-280 (page 270, Tranopeltoides in Myrmicinae, Selenopsidini)
Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16 (page 10, Tranopeltoides as genus)