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Trichoscapa
| Trichoscapa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Trichoscapa Emery, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Strumigenys (Trichoscapa) membranifera, now Strumigenys membranifera
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Strumigenys.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- TRICHOSCAPA [junior synonym of Strumigenys]
- Trichoscapa Emery, 1869b: 24 [as subgenus of Strumigenys]. Type-species: Strumigenys (Trichoscapa) membranifera, by monotypy.
- Trichoscapa junior synonym of Strumigenys: Dalla Torre, 1893: 145.
- Trichoscapa junior synonym of Cephaloxys: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 668; Emery, 1924d: 323.
- Trichoscapa revived from synonymy: Brown, 1948e: 112.
- Trichoscapa subgenus of Strumigenys: Creighton, 1950a: 304.
- Trichoscapa status as genus: Kempf, 1972a: 255; Bolton, 1983: 319.
- Trichoscapa junior synonym of Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1667; Bolton, 2000: 90.
- Trichoscapa junior synonym of Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 13; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 101.
References
- Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 1994. First description of fossil Dacetini ants with a critical analysis of the current classification of the tribe (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VI: Dacetini). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B ( (page 13, Trichoscapa junior synonym of Strumigenys)
- Bolton, B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 46: 267-416 (page 319, Trichoscapa as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 33: 1639-1689 (page 1667, Trichoscapa as junior synonym of Pyramica)
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028 (page 90, Trichoscapa as junior synonym of Pyramica)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 188, Trichoscapa as junior synonym of Pyramica)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1948e. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 74: 101-129 (page 112, Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae, Dacetini; Trichoscapa as genus)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 304, Trichoscapa as subgenus of Strumigenys)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 145, Trichoscapa junior synonym of Strumigenys; Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae)
- 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 734, Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)
- Emery, C. 1869b. Enumerazione dei formicidi che rinvengonsi nei contorni di Napoli con descrizioni di specie nuove o meno conosciute. Ann. Accad. Aspir. Nat. Secunda Era 2: 1-26 (page 24, Trichoscapa as subgenus of Strumigenys)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 323, Trichoscapa junior synonym of Cephalaxys; Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)
- Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 5: 441-481 (page 464, Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae]; Trichoscapa as subgenus of Strumigenys)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 246, Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae, Dacetini; Trichoscapa as subgenus of Strumigenys)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 255, Trichoscapa as genus)
- 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 668, Trichoscapa junior synonym of Cephalaxys; Trichoscapa in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)