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Diceratoclinea
| Diceratoclinea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
| Genus: | Diceratoclinea Wheeler, W.M., 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Dolichoderus scabridus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dolichoderus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DICERATOCLINEA [junior synonym of Dolichoderus]
- Diceratoclinea Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 69 [as subgenus of Dolichoderus]. Type-species: Dolichoderus scabridus, by original designation.
- Diceratoclinea raised to genus: Brown, 1950e: 249.
- Diceratoclinea junior synonym of Dolichoderus: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 93; Shattuck, 1992c: 66.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 26, Diceratoclinea as junior synonym of Dolichoderus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 85, Diceratoclinea as junior synonym of Dolichoderus)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950g. Morphological, taxonomic, and other notes on ants. Wasmann J. Biol. 8: 241-250 (page 249, Diceratoclinea as genus)
- 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 180, Diceratoclinea as junior synonym of Dolichoderus [provisional])
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 181, Diceratoclinea as subgenus of Dolichoderus)
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 66, Diceratoclinea as junior synonym of Dolichoderus)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 93, Diceratoclinea as junior synonym of Dolichoderus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 68-72 (page 69, Diceratoclinea as subgenus of Dolichoderus)