Blepharidattini

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Blepharidattini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Attini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Blepharidattini
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1991
Type genus
Blepharidatta

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

Nomenclature

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

  • BLEPHARIDATTINI [junior synonym of Attini]
    • Blepharidattini Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1991a: 133. Type-genus: Blepharidatta Wheeler, W.M. 1915e: 484.

Taxonomic History

  • Blepharidattini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1991a: 133; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 2003: 57, 201.
  • Blepharidattini as junior synonym of Attini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.

Taxonomic References

Bolton, 2003: 57, 201 (diagnosis, synopsis); Fernández, 2003d: 314 (Neotropical genera).

References