Simopone elegans

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: Cerapachyinae
Tribus: Cerapachyini
Genus: Simopone
Species: Simopone elegans

Name

Simopone elegans Bolton & Fisher, 2012

Holotype: CASC, 26-30.xi.2002, BLF 6890, CASENT 0492213, Worker.

Type locality: Madagascar; Prov. Mahajanga, P.N. Baie de Baly, 12.4 km 337° NNW Soalala, 10 m, 16°00.6’S, 45°15.9’E, ex dead twig above ground, tropical dry forest.

Paratypes: CASC, Two workers mounted on same pin below holotype; two workers with same data but CASENT 0492214.

References

• 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]