Neophyracaces

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Neophyracaces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neophyracaces
Clark, 1941
Type species
Phyracaces clarus, now Lioponera clara

Cerapachys clarus casent0172119 profile 1.jpg

Cerapachys clarus casent0172119 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • NEOPHYRACACES [junior synonym of Cerapachys]
    • Neophyracaces Clark, 1941: 76. Type-species: Phyracaces clarus, by original designation.
    • Neophyracaces junior synonym of Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 19.
    • Neophyracaces junior synonym of Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 156.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 141, Neophyracaces as junior synonym of Cerapachys)
  • Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
  • 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. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 183, Neophyracaces as junior synonym of Cerapachys [provisional])
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 19, Neophyracaces as junior synonym of Cerapachys)
  • Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 76, Neophyracaces in Cerapachyinae)