Ecphorella
Forel, 1909
valid
feminine
Ecphorella
Forel, 1909b:
65
[as subgenus of Tapinoma]
Type-species:
Tapinoma wellmani (obsolete combination of Ecphorella wellmani), by monotypy.
- Ecphorella in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini: Emery, 1913a: 42; Forel, 1917: 248; all subsequent authors except those below; then Ward et al., 2010: 361.
- Ecphorella in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini: Shattuck, 1992c: 85; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 2003: 87.
- Ecphorella as subgenus of Tapinoma: Forel, 1917: 248; Wheeler, 1910a: 142; Emery, 1913a: 42; Wheeler, 1922: 690.
- Ecphorella as genus: Brown, 1973b: 169 [provisional genus]; Shattuck, 1992c: 85; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 2003: 87.
Genus Ecphorella references
Wheeler, 1922: 925 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1992c: 85 (diagnosis, review of genus); Shattuck, 1994: 90 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a: 1049 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 186 (catalogue).
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
- Bolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
- Forel, A. 1909b. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53:51-73. PDF
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21:1-181. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
- Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology 59:342-362. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 1 valid species
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