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Oecodoma
| Oecodoma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Oecodoma Latreille, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Formica cephalotes, now Atta cephalotes
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Atta.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- OECODOMA [junior synonym of Atta]
- Oecodoma Latreille, 1818: 222. Type-species: Formica cephalotes, by subsequent designation of Shuckard, in Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 174.
- Oecodoma junior synonym of Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35. [Atta and Oecodoma share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 198, Oecodoma as junior synonym of Atta)
- Latreille, P. A. 1818a. Oecodome. P. 50 in: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle édition. Tome XXIII. Paris: Déterville, 612 pp. (page 222, Oecodoma as genus)
- Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1835 [1836]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome I. Paris: Roret, 547 pp. (page 176, Oecodoma in Myrmicites)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 35, Oecodoma as junior synonym of Atta)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 180, Oecodoma in Poneridae, Attidae)
- Swainson W.; Shuckard, W. E. 1840. On the history and natural arrangement of insects. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longman's, 406 pp. (page 174, Type species: Formica cephalotes; by subsequent designation)