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Ericapelta
| Ericapelta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Fulakora) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Genus: | Ericapelta Kusnezov, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Ericapelta egregia, now Fulakora egregia | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Fulakora.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ERICAPELTA [junior synonym of Amblyopone]
- Ericapelta Kusnezov, 1955: 273. Type-species: Ericapelta egregia, by monotypy.
- Ericapelta junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960: 156.
- Ericapelta junior synonym of Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 17.
- Ericapelta junior synonym of Fulakora: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 154, Ericapelta as junior synonym of Amblyopone)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 156, Ericapelta as junior synonym of Amblyopone)
- Kusnezov, N. 1955. Zwei neue Ameisengattungen aus Tucuman (Argentinien). Zool. Anz. 154: 268-277 (page 273, Ericapelta as genus)
- Ward, P.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (doi:10.1111/syen.12186).
- Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS ONE 7(3):e33325 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325).