Glyphopone

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Glyphopone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Glyphopone
Forel, 1913
Type species
Glyphopone bequaerti, now Centromyrmex bequaerti

Centromyrmex bequaerti casent0005922 profile 1.jpg Centromyrmex bequaerti casent0005922 dorsal 1.jpg Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • GLYPHOPONE [junior synonym of Centromyrmex]
    • Glyphopone Forel, 1913b: 308. Type-species: Glyphopone bequaerti, by monotypy.
    • Glyphopone junior synonym of Centromyrmex: Brown, 1963: 9.


References

  • Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 163, Glyphopone in Ponerinae, Ponerini)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 160, Glyphopone as junior synonym of Centromyrmex)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1963a. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part III. Some members of the tribe Ponerini (Ponerinae, Formicidae). Breviora 190: 1-10 (page 9, Glyphopone as junior synonym of Centromyrmex)
  • Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 2: 306-351 (page 308, Glyphopone as genus)
  • Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 237, Glyphopone 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 647, Glyphopone in Ponerinae, Ponerini)