Viticicola

Viticicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Viticicola; Wheeler, W.M., 1919
Type species
	Sima tessmanni, now Tetraponera tessmanni Specimen Label;

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

Nomenclature

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

VITICICOLA [junior synonym of Tetraponera]
- Viticicola Wheeler, W.M. 1919i: 130. Type-species: Sima tessmanni, by original designation.
- Viticicola junior synonym of Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 470.
[Viticola Donisthorpe, 1943g: 735, incorrect subsequent spelling.]

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 136, Viticicola as junior synonym of Tetraponera)
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 185, Viticicola as junior synonym of Tetraponera (provisional))
Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 470, Viticicola as junior synonym of Tetraponera)
Wheeler, W. M. 1919k. A singular neotropical ant (Pseudomyrma filiformis Fabricius). Psyche (Camb.) 26: 124-131 (page 130, Viticicola; (in text) as genus)
Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Camb.) 27: 46-55 (page 53, Viticicola also described as new)
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 654, Viticicola in Pseudomyrminae)