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
264543
A358F7A0-12B8-401D-B6FE-ADBF1469B786
Tribe
Santschiellini Forel 1917
stat. rev.
Genus:
Santschiella
(tribal transfer)
Comments.
We resurrect the tribe
Santschiellini
for this monotypic West African genus due to uncertainty about its position within the formicine tree (
Blaimer
et al.
2015
). It appears to be the sister group of the Neotropical genus
Gigantiops
but there is only moderate support for this hypothesis. See previous discussion under
Gesomyrmecini
and
Gigantiopini
.