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Pedetes
| Pedetes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Pedetes Bernstein, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Pedetes macrorhynchus, now Odontomachus macrorhynchus | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Odontomachus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PEDETES [junior synonym of Odontomachus]
- Pedetes Bernstein, 1861: 7. Type-species: Pedetes macrorhynchus, by monotypy.
- Pedetes junior synonym of Odontomachus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 51.
References
- Bernstein, A. 1861. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Von Herrn Dr. Agath. Berstein in Gadok auf Java ist folgendes Schreiben eingegangen:".]. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 11: 7-8 (page 7, Pedetes as genus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 165, Pedetes as junior synonym of Odontomachus)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 51, Pedetes as junior synonym of Odontomachus)