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Plectroctenini
| Plectroctenini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponerini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Plectroctenini Emery, 1911 |
| Type genus | |
| Plectroctena | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ponerini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PLECTROCTENINI [junior synonym of Ponerini]
- Plectroctenini Emery, 1911d: 92. Type-genus: Plectroctena Smith, F. 1858b: 101.
Taxonomic History
- Plectroctenini as subtribe of Ponerini: Emery, 1911d: 92; Forel, 1917: 238.
- Plectroctenini as junior synonym of Ponerini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 52.