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Wheeleripone
| Wheeleripone | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Wheeleripone Mann, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Wheeleripone albiclava, now Holcoponera albiclava | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Holcoponera.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- WHEELERIPONE [junior synonym of Holcoponera]
- Wheeleripone Mann, 1919: 282. Type-species: Wheeleripone albiclava Mann, 1919: 283, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
- Wheeleripone in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 642; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 736.
- Wheeleripone as genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 642; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 736.
- Wheeleripone as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 212; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1337; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 49; Bolton, 2003: 174.
- Wheeleripone as junior synonym of Holcoponera: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 175, Wheeleripone as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 212, Wheeleripone as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys)
- Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).
- 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 736, Wheeleripone in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)
- Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 282, Wheeleripone 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 642, Wheeleripone in Ponerinae, Ectatommini)