Simopone grandidieri

Simopone grandidieri

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 grandidieri

Name

Simopone grandidieri Forel, 1891: 141, pl. 4, fig. 8

Holotype: MHNG, 3-7.xii.2003, BLF 9870, CASENT 0077387, Worker.

Type locality: MADAGASCAR; data label on holotype states, “Madagascar central”; published locality data states, “Imerina (Sikora)”.

References

• Forel, A. 1891: In Grandidier, A. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar, 20. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. 2 (fascicule 28). Les Formicides, 1–231. Paris.
• 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]