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Xenoaphaenogaster
| Xenoaphaenogaster | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Xenoaphaenogaster Baroni Urbani, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina (junior synonym of Pheidole pallidula)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- XENOAPHAENOGASTER [junior synonym of Pheidole]
- Xenoaphaenogaster Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 50. Type-species: Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina (junior synonym of Myrmica pallidula), by original designation.
- Xenoaphaenogaster junior synonym of Pheidole: Bolton, 1987: 291.
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1964b. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. II. Formiche di Sicilia. Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. (6) 16: 25-66 (page 50, Xenoaphaenogaster as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 291, Xenoaphaenogaster as junior synonym of Pheidole)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 235, Xenoaphaenogaster as junior synonym of Pheidole)
- 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, Xenoaphaenogaster as junior synonym of Monomorium)