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Eubothroponera
| Eubothroponera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Platythyreini |
| Genus: | Eubothroponera Clark, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Eubothroponera dentinodis, now Platythyrea dentinodis
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Platythyrea.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- EUBOTHROPONERA [junior synonym of Platythyrea]
- Eubothroponera Clark, 1930c: 8. Type-species: Eubothroponera dentinodis, by original designation.
- Eubothroponera junior synonym of Platythyrea: Brown, 1975: 6.
Brown (1975) offered the following notes on this genus name:
The 8 nominal species turneri, tasmaniensis, bicolor, reticulata, septentrionalis, dentinodis, micans and brunnapes make up the genus Eubothroponera in the sense of Clark. Clark himself did not include turneri, which was originally described in Platythyrea, and he did not recognize the close relationship of his genus to Platythyrea, thinking instead that it was related to Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) in tribe Ponerini. Indeed, Eubothroponera, with its coarser sculpture, pubescence, and standing pilosity, and its high, broad petiolar node, looks quite a bit different from the usual hairless, pruinose Platythyrea. Nevertheless, once I had recognized the true affinities of Eubothroponera (Brown 1952), I found it difficult to separate it from Platythyrea on clear cut characters. The erect hairs of Eubothrobonera once seemed like a good discriminating feature, but now some Platythyrea species (e.g., quadridenta, nicobarensis) are known to have numerous short standing hairs. The broad petiole now seems like the best group character, but it does not look like a generic character.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 172, Eubothroponera as junior synonym of Platythyrea)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1952g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. I. Tribe Platythyreini (Hymenoptera). Breviora 6: 1-6 (page 2, Eubothroponera in Ponerinae, Platythyreini)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 6, Eubothroponera as junior synonym of Platythyrea)
- Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 8, Eubothroponera as genus)
- 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 644, Eubothroponera in Ponerinae, Ponerini)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 37, Eubothroponera as junior synonym of Platythyrea)