Oecophyllini

The tribe Oecophyllini belongs to the subfamily Formicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Oecophyllini genera, for species see Oecophyllini species.

Synopsis
Tribe OECOPHYLLINI Oecophyllii Emery, 1895j: 772. Type-genus: Oecophylla. Taxonomic history Oecophyllini as tribe of Camponotinae: Emery, 1895j: 772 [Oecophyllii]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 143 [Oecophyllii]; Ashmead, 1905b: 384; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 100; Arnold, 1922: 608. Oecophyllini as tribe of Formicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 693; Emery, 1925b: 49; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonym of OECOPHYLLINI

Oecophyllini Forel, 1912i: 89 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Oecophylla. Taxonomic history Oecophyllini as tribe of Camponotinae: Forel, 1912i: 89; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 113; Forel, 1917: 250. Oecophyllini Forel as junior homonym and junior synonym of Oecophyllii Emery: Bolton, 1995b: 14. Genus of Oecophyllini: Oecophylla.

Tribe and genus Oecophylla references Mayr, 1862: 693 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b: 10 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863: 438 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 7 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a: 70 (diagnosis); Forel, 1878: 371 (diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893: 176 (catalogue); Emery, 1895j: 772 (synoptic classification); Bingham, 1903: 310 (diagnosis); Arnold, 1922: 608 (diagnosis); Forel, 1917: 250 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 224, 228, 945 (diagnosis, species key, Afrotropical catalogue); Emery, 1925b: 49 (diagnosis, catalogue); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 220 (Asia checklist); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 652 (larva diagnosis); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 63 (larvae, review & synthesis); Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a: 49 (Australia checklist); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Agosti, 1991: 295 (Oecophylla genus group diagnosis); Bolton, 1994: 51 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 298 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 102 (Australia synopsis); Bolton, 2003: 25, 110 (diagnosis, synopsis); Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2008: 615 (review of fossil species).