Epopostrumiti

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Epopostrumiti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Attini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Epopostrumiti
Brown, 1952
Type genus
Epopostruma

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.

  • EPOPOSTRUMITI [junior synonym of Attini]
    • Epopostrumiti Brown, 1952g: 10 (footnote). Type-genus: Epopostruma Forel, 1895f: 422.

Taxonomic History

  • Epopostrumiti as subtribe of Dacetini: Brown, 1952g: 10; Brown, 1954b: 465 (definition); Brown & Wilson, 1959b: 281.
  • Epopostrumiti as junior synonym of Dacetini: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 9.
  • Epopostrumiti as junior synonym of Attini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.

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