Hercynia
Hercynia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Hercynia Enzmann, J., 1947 |
Type species | |
Hercynia panamana (junior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Wasmannia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- HERCYNIA [junior synonym of Wasmannia]
- Hercynia Enzmann, J. 1947a: 43. Type-species: Hercynia panamana (junior synonym of Tetramorium auropunctatum), by monotypy.
- Hercynia junior synonym of Wasmannia: Brown, 1948d: 102.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 201, Hercynia as junior synonym of Wasmannia)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1948d. The status of the genus Hercynia J. Enzmann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. News 59: 102 (page 102, Hercynia as junior synonym of Wasmannia)
- Enzmann, J. 1947a. Hercynia, a new genus of myrmicine ants. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 55: 43-46 (page 43, Hercynia as genus)