Oecophyllini Forel
Oecophyllini | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Oecophyllini) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Oecophyllini Forel, 1912 |
Type genus | |
Oecophylla |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Oecophyllini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- OECOPHYLLINI [junior homonym and junior synonym of the above (described as new independently of Emery, 1895j: 772)]
- Oecophyllini Forel, 1912i: 89 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Oecophylla Smith, F. 1860b: 101.
Taxonomic History
- Oecophyllini as tribe of Camponotinae: Forel, 1912i: 89; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 113; Forel, 1917: 250.
- Oecophyllini Forel as junior synonym of Oecophyllini Emery: Bolton, 1995b: 14.