Anisopheidole
Anisopheidole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Anisopheidole Forel, 1914 |
Type species | |
Pheidole froggatti (junior synonym of Pheidole antipodum)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ANISOPHEIDOLE [junior synonym of Pheidole]
- Anisopheidole Forel, 1914c: 616 (footnote) [as subgenus of Pheidole]. Type-species: Pheidole froggatti (junior synonym of Atta antipodum), by monotypy.
- [Anisopheidole also described as new by Forel, 1915b: 61.]
- Anisopheidole raised to genus: Ettershank, 1966: 129.
- Anisopheidole junior synonym of Pheidole: Ward et al., 2014: 15.
References
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 265, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group)
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 106, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini [Pheidologetonini])
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 10, 228, Anisopheidole transferred to tribe Pheidolini)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 80, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini)
- Emery, C. 1915g. Noms de sous-genres et de genres proposés pour la sous-famille des Myrmicinae. Modifications à la classification de ce groupe (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1915: 189-192 (page 190, Anisopheidole as subgenus of Pheidole )
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 83, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini; Anisopheidole as subgenus of Pheidole )
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 81, 129, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group; Anisopheidole raised to genus and review of genus)
- Forel, A. 1914c. Einige amerikanische Ameisen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1914: 615-620 (page 616, Anisopheidole (footnote) as subgenus of Pheidole )
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 61, Anisopheidole also described as new)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 241, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini; Anisopheidole as subgenus of Pheidole )
- Greenslade, P. J. M. (1979) A guide to ants of South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum (Special Educational Bulletin Series). 44 pp.
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 16, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini)
- Kugler, C. (1986) Stings of ants of the tribe Pheidologetini (Myrmicinae). Insecta Mundi, 1: 221–230.
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 54, Anisopheidole as genus)
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 257, Anisopheidole in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 673, Anisopheidole as subgenus of Pheidole )