Cerapachyini

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

Synopsis
Tribe CERAPACHYINI Cerapachysii Forel, 1893a: 162. Type-genus: Cerapachys. Taxonomic history Cerapachyini as tribe of Ponerinae: Forel, 1893a: 162 [Cerapachysii]; Forel, 1900c: 52 [Cerapachii]; Forel, 1900d: 328 [Cerapachii]; Forel, 1901c: 139 [Cerapachii]; Ashmead, 1905b: 382; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 136 [Cerapachysii]; Emery, 1911d: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 27; Arnold, 1915: 11; Forel, 1917: 239; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 215; Arnold, 1926: 191; Brown, 1975: 14; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10. Cerapachyini as tribe of Dorylinae: Emery, 1895j: 765 [Cerapachyi]; Emery, 1901a: 36 [Cerapachyi]; Emery, 1904a: 116 [Cerapachyi]. Cerapachyini as tribe of Cerapachyinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1902d: 185 [Cerapachyi]; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 638; Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 50; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 620; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 17; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 256; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Bolton, 1994: 19; Bolton, 2003: 33, 139.

Junior synonyms of CERAPACHYINI

Lioponerini Ashmead, 1905b: 382. Type-genus: Lioponera (junior synonym of Cerapachys). Taxonomic history Lioponerini as tribe of Pachycondylinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 382. Lioponerini as junior synonym of Cerapachyini: Emery, 1911d: 6; Brown, 1975: 19 (no statement of tribe synonymy but all taxa included under Cerapachys); Bolton, 1994: 19; all subsequent authors.

Eusphinctinae Clark, 1951: 15 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Eusphinctus (junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex). Taxonomic history Eusphinctinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Clark, 1951: 15. Eusphinctinae as junior synonym of Cerapachyini: Bolton, 1990a: 66; all subsequent authors. Genera of Cerapachyini: Cerapachys,  *Procerapachys,  Simopone, Sphinctomyrmex, Tanipone, Vicinopone.

Tribe Cerapachyini references Emery, 1911d: 6 (diagnosis, genera key); Arnold, 1915: 11 (South Africa genera key); Forel, 1917: 239 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 224, 239 (Australia genera, key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 639 (genera key); Borgmeier, 1923: 50 (Brazil catalogue); Wilson, 1959b: 39 (Melanesia fauna); Brown, 1975: 14 (diagnosis, genera key); Bolton, 1990a: 61 (abdominal morphology); Bolton, 1994: 19 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1038 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 10 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 25, 60 (Australia, genera key, synopsis); Andersen, 2000: 33 (northern Australia, genera); Bolton, 2003: 33, 139 (diagnosis, synopsis); Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 7 (diagnosis).