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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ectatomminae
›
Ectatommini
›
Opisthoscyphus
Opisthoscyphus
Mann, 1922
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Alfaria
Emery, 1896 masculine
Opisthoscyphus
Mann, 1922
: 4 Type-species:
Opisthoscyphus scabrosus
(now: junior synonym of
Alfaria minuta
), by original designation.
Opisthoscyphus
in
Ponerinae
,
Ectatommini
:
Wheeler, 1930h
: 13;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 678.
Opisthoscyphus
as genus:
Wheeler, 1930h
: 13;
Donisthorpe, 1943g
: 678.
Opisthoscyphus
as junior synonym of
Gnamptogenys
:
Brown, 1958g
: 212;
Kempf, 1972b
: 111;
Smith, 1979
: 1337;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 10;
Bolton, 1995b
: 40;
Bolton, 2003
: 175.
Opisthoscyphus
as junior synonym of
Alfaria
:
Brown, 1957k
: 115;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 10.
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
2003.
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1957k.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in
Alfaria
,
Gnamptogenys
,
Heteroponera
,
Opisthoscyphus
,
Paranomopone
,
Proceratium
and
Sysphingta
attributed to Brown.].
Pp. 112-118 in:
Borgmeier, T.
1957a.
Myrmecologische Studien, I.
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 29:103-128.
PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1958g.
Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera).
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362.
PDF
Camacho, G. P.
;
Franco, W.
;
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Pie, M. R.
;
Longino, J. T.
;
Schultz, T. R.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2022.
UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus.
Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20.
10.1093/isd/ixab026
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Donisthorpe, H.
1943g.
A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part].
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:617-688.
Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1990.
The ants.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
PDF
Mann, W. M.
1922.
Ants from Honduras and Guatemala.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54.
PDF
Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Hurd, P. D.
;
Smith, D. R.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1979.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata).
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Wheeler, W. M.
1930h.
A new
Emeryella
from Panama.
Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 12:9-13.
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