Ericapelta

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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.

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