Alaopone

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Alaopone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Alaopone
Emery, 1881
Type species
Alaopone oberthueri (junior synonym of Dorylus orientalis)

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Specimen Labels

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dorylus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • ALAOPONE [junior synonym of Dorylus]
    • Alaopone Emery, 1881a: 274. Type-species: Alaopone oberthueri (junior synonym of Dorylus orientalis), by subsequent designation of Emery, 1910b: 15.
    • [Type-species not Typhlopone carteri Ashmead, 1906: 26. Nomen nudum (attributed to Shuckard).]
    • Alaopone junior synonym of Dorylus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 9.
    • Alaopone revived from synonymy as subgenus of Dorylus: Emery, 1895j: 702.
    • Alaopone senior synonym of Shuckardia: Emery, 1910b: 14.
    • Alaopone junior synonym of Dorylus: Borowiec, 2016: 112.
  • SHUCKARDIA [junior synonym of Alaopone]
    • Shuckardia Emery, 1895j: 703 [as subgenus of Dorylus]. Type-species: Dorylus atriceps, by original designation.
    • [Type-species not Alaopone abeillei, unjustified subsequent designation by Ashmead, 1906: 27.]
    • Shuckardia raised to genus: Ashmead, 1905b: 381.
    • Shuckardia junior synonym of Alaopone: Emery, 1910b: 14.

References

  • Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 133, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus )
  • Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 381, Alaopone in Dorylinae, Dorylini; Alaopone as genus)
  • Ashmead, W. H. 1906. Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus Ctenopyga Ashm. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 8: 21-31 (page 26, Alaopone as genus)
  • Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 1, Alaopone as junior synonym of Dorylus)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 149, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus [Type-species not Typhlopone carteri Ashmead, 1906:26, nomen nudum (attributed to Shuckard)])
  • Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 9, Alaopone as junior synonym of Dorylus)
  • Emery, C. 1881a. Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologici. Formiche. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 16: 270-276 (page 274, Alaopone as genus)
  • Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 702, Alaopone revived from synonymy as subgenus of Dorylus )
  • Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 14, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus )
  • Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 15, Type-species: Alaopone oberthueri (junior synonym of Dorylus oreintalis); by subsequent designation)
  • Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 239, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus )
  • Santschi, F. 1939a. Contribution au sous-genre Alaopone Emery. Rev. Suisse Zool. 46: 143-154 (page 143, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus )
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 137, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus )
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 633, Alaopone as subgenus of Dorylus )