Myopias

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Nomenclature
Myopias (mi-op" i-as) Gr. myopias 'a short-sighted person' (Wheeler, G.C. 1956)


 *  MYOPIAS [Ponerinae: Ponerini]
 * Myopias Roger, 1861a: 39. Type-species: Myopias amblyops, by monotypy.
 * Myopias junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 389.
 * Myopias revived from synonymy: Willey & Brown, 1983: 249.
 * Myopias senior synonym of Trapeziopelta, Bradyponera: Willey & Brown, 1983: 249.
 * BRADYPONERA [junior synonym of Myopias]
 * Bradyponera Mayr, 1886c: 362. Type-species: Ponera nitida (junior primary homonym in Ponera, replaced by Trapeziopelta mayri), by monotypy.
 * [Bradyponera Smith, F. 1873: viii. Nomen nudum, attributed to Mayr.]
 * Bradyponera junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 389 (error).
 * Bradyponera junior synonym of Trapeziopelta: Emery, 1911d: 93 (provisional synonym); Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468.
 * Bradyponera junior synonym of Myopias: Willey & Brown, 1983: 249].
 * TRAPEZIOPELTA [junior synonym of Myopias]
 * Trapeziopelta Mayr, 1862: 715. Type-species: Ponera maligna, by monotypy.
 * Trapeziopelta senior synonym of Bradyponera: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468.
 * Trapeziopelta junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 390.
 * Trapeziopelta revived status as genus: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 256.
 * Trapeziopelta junior synonym of Myopias: Willey & Brown, 1983: 249; Bolton, 1994: 164.