Taxonavigation

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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: Cerapachyinae
Tribus: Cerapachyini
Genus: Simopone
Species: Simopone wilburi

Name

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Simopone wilburi Weber, 1949: 7, figs 6, 7 [Previously junior synonym of schoutedeni: Brown, 1975: 36.]

Holotype: AMNH, 24.ii.1948, #2119 (N.A. Weber), Worker.

Type locality: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (“B. Congo” on data label); Ituri F., Beni-Irumu, 17 mi. north of Beni.

References

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  • Weber, N.A. 1949: New African ants of the genera Cerapachys, Phyracaces and Simopone. American Museum Novitates, 1396, 1–9.
  • Bolton, B.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 3283: 1–101. [1]