A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex
Author
Ward, Philip S.
Author
Blaimer, Bonnie B.
Author
Fisher, Brian L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4072
3
343
357
journal article
51665
10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4
032c9ceb-f905-482c-a67e-9f70facbb902
1175-5326
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Tribe
Gigantiopini
Ashmead 1905
Genus:
Gigantiops
.
Comments.
This remains a monotypic tribe, represented by a single taxonomically isolated species,
Gigantiops destructor
, restricted to northern South
America
. The molecular phylogeny recovers
Gigantiops
as sister to
Santschiella
(
Figure 1
), a monotypic African genus, but support for this relationship is not strong, so we retain a separate tribe for
Santschiella
. Although both genera share distinctively large eyes, they differ markedly in configuration of the frontoclypeal complex, with the antennal insertions of
Gigantiops
being located close to one another and between the eyes (
Bolton 2003
).