Pachycondylinae
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Pachycondylinae | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponerini) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Pachycondylinae Ashmead, 1905 |
Type genus | |
Pachycondyla |
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.
- PACHYCONDYLINAE [junior synonym of Ponerini]
- Pachycondylinae Ashmead, 1905b: 382. Type-genus: Pachycondyla Smith, F. 1858b: 105.
Taxonomic History
- Pachycondylinae as subfamily of Poneridae: Ashmead, 1905b: 382.
- Pachycondylinae as subtribe of Ponerini: Emery, 1911d: 59 [Pachycondylini]; Forel, 1917: 237 [Pachycondylini].
- Pachycondylinae as junior synonym of Ponerini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 52.