Epopostruma vitta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Dacetini
Genus: Epopostruma
Species: Epopostruma vitta

Name

Epopostruma vitta Shattuck, 2000

Holotype: ANIC worker, and 11 worker and 1 queen paratype [ANIC, BMNH, MCZC].

Type locality: Scribbly Gully, 4 miles west of Sevenhill, 80 miles north of Adelaide, South Australia.

References

• Shattuck, in Bolton, B. 2000: The ant tribe Dacetini. With a revision of the Strumigenys species of the Malgasy Region by Brian L. Fisher, and a revision of the Austral epopostrumiform genera by Steven O. Shattuck. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 65: 1–1028.
• Baroni Urbani, C. & M.L. De Andrade. 2007: The ant tribe Dacetini: Limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova), 99: 1–191.