Paraphacota

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Paraphacota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Paraphacota
Santschi, 1919
Type species
Paraphacota surcoufi, now Monomorium subopacum

Monomorium subopacum casent0064820 profile 1.jpg

Monomorium subopacum casent0064820 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • PARAPHACOTA [junior synonym of Monomorium]
    • Paraphacota Santschi, 1919d: 90. Type-species: Paraphacota surcoufi, by monotypy.
    • [Type-species not Phacota noualhieri, unjustified subsequent designation by Santschi, 1927d: 245; this error repeated in Ettershank, 1966: 82 and Bolton, 1973a: 352.]
    • Paraphacota junior synonym of Monomorium: Santschi, 1927d: 243; Bolton, 1987: 293.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 293, Paraphacota as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 213, Paraphacota as junior synonym of Monomorium [Type-species not Phacota noualhieri, unjustified subsequent designation by Santschi, 1927b: 245])
  • 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 681, Paraphacota in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini)
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 82, Paraphacota as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Santschi, F. 1919d. Nouveaux genre et sous-genre de fourmis barbaresques (Hym.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1919: 90-92 (page 90, Paraphacota as genus [Type-species not Phacota noualhieri, unjustified subsequent designation by Santschi, 1927d: 245; this error repeated in Ettershank, 1966: 82 and Bolton, 1973a: 352.] )
  • Santschi, F. 1927d. Revision des Messor du groupe instabilis Sm. (Hymenopt.). Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 27: 225-250 (page 243, Paraphacota as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209. (page 1381, Paraphacota as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • 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 663, Paraphacota in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini)