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Erimelophorus
| Erimelophorus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Melophorini |
| Genus: | Erimelophorus Wheeler, W.M., 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Melophorus wheeleri
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Melophorus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ERIMELOPHORUS [junior synonym of Melophorus]
- Erimelophorus Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 71 [as subgenus of Melophorus]. Type-species: Melophorus wheeleri, by original designation.
- Erimelophorus junior synonym of Melophorus: Brown, 1955d: 474.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 131, Erimelophorus as junior synonym of Melophorus)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955d. A revision of the Australian ant genus Notoncus Emery, with notes on the other genera of Melophorini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 471-494 (page 474, Erimelophorus as junior synonym of Melophorus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 68-72 (page 71, Erimelophorus as subgenus of Melophorus)