Eusphinctinae - AntCat

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Eusphinctinae Clark, 1951 junior synonym of current valid taxon Dorylinae Leach, 1815

Eusphinctinae Clark, 1951: 15 (diagnosis in key) Type-genus: Eusphinctus

Eusphinctinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Clark, 1951: 15.
Eusphinctinae as junior synonym of Cerapachyini: Bolton, 1990a: 66; all subsequent authors.
Eusphinctinae as junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5

Citations

Bolton, B. 1990a. Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:53-68. PDF
Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R.; Ward, P. S. 2014. The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 (93):1-14. 10.1186/1471-2148-14-93 PDF
Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp. PDF

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obsolete combination

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