Cacopone

Cacopone
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Cacopone; Santschi, 1914
Type species
	Cacopone hastifer, now Plectroctena hastifera ;

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

Nomenclature

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

CACOPONE [junior synonym of Plectroctena]
- Cacopone Santschi, 1914d: 325. Type-species: Cacopone hastifer, by monotypy.
- Cacopone junior synonym of Plectroctena: Bolton, 1974c: 313.

Bolton, B. 1974c. A revision of the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 309-338. (page 313, Cacopone as junior synonym of Plectroctena)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 169, Cacopone as junior synonym of Plectroctena)
Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 629, Cacopone in Ponerinae, Ponerini )
Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 238, Cacopone in Ponerinae, Ponerini [subtribe Plectroctenini])
Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 325, Cacopone as genus)
Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Rev. Suisse Zool. 31: 155-173 (page 159, Cacopone in Ponerinae, Ponerini )
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 650, Cacopone in Ponerinae, Ponerini )