Amblyopopone

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Amblyopopone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Amblyopopone
Dalla Torre, 1893
Type species
Not required

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

Nomenclature

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

  • AMBLYOPOPONE [junior synonym of Amblyopone]
    • Amblyopopone Dalla Torre, 1893: 13, unjustified emendation of Amblyopone.
    • Amblyopopone junior synonym of Amblyopone: Forel, 1893a: 166.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 154, Amblyopopone as junior synonym of Amblyopone)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 13, Amblyopopone; Unjustified emendation of Amblyopone)
  • Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 25, Amblyopopone as junior synonym of Amblyopone)
  • Forel, A. 1893b. Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 161-167 (page 166, Amblyopopone as junior synonym of Amblyopone)