Sporocleptes

Sporocleptes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Sporocleptes Arnold, 1948
Type species
Sporocleptes nicotianae, now Carebara nicotianae

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

Nomenclature

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

• SPOROCLEPTES [junior synonym of Carebara]
  • Sporocleptes Arnold, 1948: 219. Type-species: Sporocleptes nicotianae, by original designation.
  • Sporocleptes junior synonym of Aneleus: Consani, 1951: 169; Arnold, 1952a: 460.
  • Sporocleptes junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119.
  • Sporocleptes junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.

References

• Arnold, G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 213-250 (page 219, Sporocleptes as genus)
• Arnold, G. 1952a. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 10. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 460-493 (page 460, Sporocleptes as junior synonym of Aneleus)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 215, Sporocleptes as junior synonym of Aneleus)
• Consani, M. 1951. Formiche dell'Africa Orientale I. Boll. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 18: 167-172 (page 169, Sporocleptes as junior synonym of Aneleus)
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 119, Sporocleptes junior synonym of Oligomyrmex)
• Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 194, Sporocleptes as junior synonym of Carebara)