Renea

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Renea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Renea
Donisthorpe, 1947
Type species
Renea testacea (junior synonym of Prionopelta nominata)

Prionopelta majuscula casent0100378 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • RENEA [junior synonym of Prionopelta]
    • Renea Donisthorpe, 1947d: 183. Type-species: Renea testacea (junior synonym of Prionopelta nominata), by original designation.
    • Renea junior synonym of Prionopelta: Brown, 1953c: 11.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 156, Renea as junior synonym of Prionopelta)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953c. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part I. Breviora 11: 1-13 (page 11, Renea as junior synonym of Prionopelta)
  • Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 77, Renea as genus)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1947e. Some new ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(14): 183-197 (page 183, Renea as genus)