Holopone

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Holopone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Holopone
Santschi, 1925
Type species
Eciton rapax

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Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • HOLOPONE [junior synonym of Eciton]
    • Holopone Santschi, 1925b: 11 [as subgenus of Eciton]. Type-species: Eciton rapax, by original designation.
    • Holopone junior synonym of Eciton: Borgmeier, 1936: 55.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 144, Holopone as junior synonym of Eciton)
  • Borgmeier, T. 1936b. Sobre algumas formigas dos generos Eciton e Cheliomyrmex (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 51-68 (page 55, Holopone as junior synonym of Eciton)
  • Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 162, Holopone as junior synonym of Eciton)
  • Santschi, F. 1925b [1924]. Nouvelles fourmis brésiliennes. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 64: 5-20 (page 11, Holopone as subgenus of Eciton)