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Irenea
| Irenea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Irenea Donisthorpe, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| Dolichoderus (Irenea) omyrmex, now Polyrhachis omyrmex
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Polyrhachis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- IRENEA [junior synonym of Myrmatopa]
- Irenea Donisthorpe, 1938e: 502 [as subgenus of Dolichoderus]. Type-species: Dolichoderus (Irenea) omyrmex, by original designation.
- Irenea raised to genus: Donisthorpe, 1941h: 59.
- Irenea junior synonym of Myrmatopa: Bolton, 1994: 50; Dorow, 1995: 42.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 50, Irenea as junior synonym of Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa))
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 125, Irenea as junior synonym of Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa))
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 186, Irenea in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini; Irenea as genus)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1938h. New species of ants and a new subgenus of Dolichoderus from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(2): 498-504 (page 502, Irenea as subgenus of Dolichoderus)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1938h. New species of ants and a new subgenus of Dolichoderus from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(2): 498-504 (page 502, Irenea in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini; Irenea as subgenus of Dolichoderus)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1941h. The ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym., Formicidae). Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 91: 51-64 (page 59, Irenea as genus)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 653, Irenea in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
- Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenb. 185: 1-113 (page 42, Irenea as junior synonym of Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa))