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Tranetera
| Tranetera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Tranetera Arnold, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| Atopomyrmex bottegoi, now Terataner bottegoi
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Terataner.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- TRANETERA [junior synonym of Terataner]
- Tranetera Arnold, 1952b: 130 [as subgenus of Terataner]. Type-species: Atopomyrmex bottegoi, by original designation.
- Tranetera junior synonym of Terataner: Bolton, 1981b: 288.
References
- Arnold, G. 1952b. The genus Terataner Emery (Formicidae). J. Entomol. Soc. South. Afr. 15: 129-131 (page 130, Tranetera as subgenus of Terataner)
- Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 43: 245-307 (page 288, Tranetera junior synonym of Terataner )
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 253, Tranetera junior synonym of Terataner )
- 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. Wash (page 185, Tranetera junior synonym of Terataner (provisional))