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Mesanoplolepis
| Mesanoplolepis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Mesanoplolepis Santschi, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Plagiolepis simulans, now Tapinolepis simulans
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinolepis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MESANOPLOLEPIS [junior synonym of Tapinolepis]
- Mesanoplolepis Santschi, 1926a: 14 [as subgenus of Anoplolepis]. Type-species: Plagiolepis simulans, by original designation.
- Mesanoplolepis junior synonym of Tapinolepis: Bolton, 2003: 107, 267.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 107, 267, Mesanoplolepis as junior synonym of Tapinolepis)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 182, Mesanoplolepis as junior synonym of Anoplolepis (provisional))
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 95: 13-28 (page 14, Mesanoplolepis as subgenus of Anoplolepis)