Hexadaceton

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Hexadaceton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Hexadaceton
Brown, 1948
Type species
Hexadaceton frosti, now Epopostruma frosti

Epopostruma frosti ANIC32-003763 side 25-AntWiki.jpg

Epopostruma frosti ANIC32-003763 top 25-AntWiki.jpg

Specimen labels

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Epopostruma.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • HEXADACETON [junior synonym of Epopostruma]
    • Hexadaceton Brown, 1948e: 120. Type-species: Hexadaceton frosti, by original designation.
    • Hexadaceton junior synonym of Epopostruma: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 63; Bolton, 1999: 1681; Shattuck, 2000: 53.


References

  • Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 33: 1639-1689 (page 1681, Hexadaceton as junior synonym of Epopostruma)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 187, Hexadaceton as junior synonym of Epopostruma)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1948e. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 74: 101-129 (page 120, Hexadaceton in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 181, Hexadaceton as junior synonym of Epopostruma (provisional))
  • Shattuck, S. O. 2000. Genus Colobostruma. Genus Mesostruma. Genus Epopostruma. Pp. 31-67 in: Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028 (page 53, Hexadaceton as junior synonym of Epopostruma)
  • Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 63, Hexadaceton as junior synonym of Epopostruma)