Paratrechina

Paratrechina

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: Formicinae
Tribus: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Paratrechina
Species (5): P. ankarana – P. antsingy – P. kohli – P. longicornis – P. zanjensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on LaPolla & Fisher, 2014

Name

Paratrechina Motschulsky, 1863b

• Gender: [feminine]
• Type species: Paratrechina currens Motschulsky 1863b
  • Fixation: monotypy

References

• LaPolla, J.S., Brady, S.G. & Shattuck, S.O. 2010. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 35(1): 118–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x Reference page. 
• LaPolla, J.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422: 35–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.422.7779 Reference page. 
• LaPolla, J.S., Hawkes, P.G. & Fisher, J.N. 2013. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Paratrechina, with a description of a new species from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera research 35: 71–82. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.35.5628 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Crazy Ant
日本語: アメイロアリ属

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