Myrmoteratini Forel

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Myrmoteratini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmoteratini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmoteratini
Forel, 1912
Type genus
Myrmoteras

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

Nomenclature

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

  • MYRMOTERATINI [junior homonym and junior synonym of Myrmoteratii Emery, 1895 (described as new independently of Emery, 1895j: 772)]
    • Myrmoteratini Forel, 1912i: 88. Type-genus: Myrmoteras Forel, 1893f: 607.

Taxonomic History

  • Myrmoteratini as tribe of Camponotinae: Forel, 1912i: 88; Forel, 1917: 248.
  • Myrmoteratini Forel as junior homonym and junior synonym of Myrmoteratini Emery: Bolton, 1995b: 13.

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