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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Attini
›
Hexadaceton
Hexadaceton
Brown, 1948
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Epopostruma
Forel, 1895 neuter
Hexadaceton
Brown, 1948e
: 120 Type-species:
Hexadaceton frosti
(obsolete combination of
Epopostruma frosti
), by original designation.
Hexadaceton
in
Myrmicinae
,
Dacetini
:
Brown, 1949e
: 120.
Hexadaceton
in
Myrmicinae
,
Dacetini
,
Epopostrumiti
:
Brown, 1954b
: 465;
Brown & Wilson, 1959b
: 281.
Hexadaceton
as junior synonym of
Epopostruma
:
Brown, 1973b
: 181 [provisional];
Bolton, 1983
: 270;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 63;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 13;
Bolton, 1995b
: 31;
Bolton, 1999
: 1681;
Shattuck, 2000
: 53;
Bolton, 2003
: 187.
Citations
Bolton, B.
1983.
The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46:267-416.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
1999.
Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Journal of Natural History 33:1639-1689.
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Bolton, B.
2003.
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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Brown, W. L., Jr.
1948e.
A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74:101-129.
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Brown, W. L., Jr.
1949e.
A new American
Amblyopone
, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Psyche (Cambridge) 56:81-88.
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Brown, W. L., Jr.
1954b.
A preliminary report on dacetine ant studies in Australia.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46:465-471.
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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.
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Brown, W. L., Jr.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1959b.
The evolution of the dacetine ants.
Quarterly Review of Biology 34:278-294.
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Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1990.
The ants.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Shattuck, S. O.
2000.
Genus
Colobostruma
. Genus
Mesostruma
. Genus
Epopostruma
.
Pp. 31-67 in:
Bolton, B.
2000.
The ant tribe Dacetini.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Taylor, R. W.
;
Brown, D. R.
1985.
Formicoidea.
Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Extant: 0 valid species (1 obsolete combination)
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