Aenictogitonini

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Aenictogitonini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dorylinae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Tribe: Aenictogitonini
Carpenter, 1930
Type genus
Aenictogiton

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

Nomenclature

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

  • AENICTOGITONINI [junior synonym of Dorylinae]
    • Aenictogitonini Ashmead, 1905b: 381. Type-genus: Aenictogiton Emery, 1901d: 49.

Taxonomic History

  • Aenictogitonini as tribe of Dorylinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 381 [Aenictogitonini]; Ashmead, 1906: 25 [Aenictogitonini]; Borgmeier, 1955: 57 [Aenictogitonini].
  • Aenictogitonini as tribe of Ponerinae: Brown, 1975: 43 [Aenictogitini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 [Aenictogitini]; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11 [Aenictogitini].
  • Aenictogitonini as subfamily of Formicidae: Baroni Urbani, et al. 1992: 315 [Aenictogitoninae]; Bolton, 1994: 14 [Aenictogitoninae]; subsequent authors to Brady, et al. 2014: 5.
  • Aenictogitoninae as dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 37, 150; Brady & Ward, 2005: 593.
  • Aenictogitonini as formicoid dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Brady, et al. 2006: 18173 [Aenictogitoninae]; Ward, 2007a: 555 [Aenictogitoninae].
  • Aenictogitonini as junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brady, et al. 2014: 5.

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