Bazboltonia nom. nov., a replacement name for the preoccupied Neotropical ant genus Boltonia Camacho & Feitosa 2022 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author
Camacho, Gabriela P.
0000-0002-8792-7719
Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Museum für Naturkunde, 10115, Berlin, Germany. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8792 - 7719
Author
Feitosa, Rodrigo M.
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 82590 - 300, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-21
5116
3
449
450
journal article
20159
10.11646/zootaxa.5116.3.9
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Bazboltonia
nom. nov.
Boltonia
Camacho & Feitosa, 2022: 14
(
Insecta
,
Hymenoptera
). Preoccupied by †
Boltonia
Pruvost, 1919
(
Insecta, Orthoptera
)
Type-species
:
Heteroponera microps
Borgmeier 1957
, by original designation.
Etymology
.
Following the original proposal in
Camacho
et al
. (2022)
, the genus name is proposed in honor of the legendary ant taxonomist Barry Bolton, whose lifelong nickname is ‘Baz
’
.