Alfaria

Nomenclature

 *  [Ectatomminae: Ectatommini]
 * Alfaria Emery, 1896e: 177 (diagnosis in key). Type-species: Alfaria simulans Emery, 1896e: 177 (footnote), by original designation.
 * OPISTHOSCYPHUS [junior synonym of Alfaria]
 * Opisthoscyphus Mann, 1922: 4. Type-species: Opisthoscyphus scabrosus Mann, 1922: 5 (junior synonym of Alfaria minuta Emery, 1896g: 106), by original designation.

Taxonomic history

 * [Alfaria also described as new by Emery, 1896g: 41.]
 * Alfaria in Ponerinae: Emery, 1896e: 177 [Ponerinae].
 * Alfaria in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Forel, 1899c: 3.
 * Alfaria in Pachycondylinae, Ectatommini: Ashmead, 1905b: 382.
 * Alfaria in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 135; Emery, 1911d: 46; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 642; subsequent authors.
 * Alfaria as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 111; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1337; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 19; Bolton, 2003: 174.
 * Alfaria as genus: Forel, 1899c: 3; Ashmead, 1905b: 382; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 135; Emery, 1911d: 46; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 642; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10 (diagnosis).
 * Alfaria as senior synonym of Opisthoscyphus: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 115; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
 * Alfaria references: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10 (diagnosis).
 * [Note: for references pre-2022 see under Gnamptogenys.]