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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton
Catalog › Formicidae › Myrmicinae › Crematogastrini › Vitsika
Vitsika Bolton & Fisher, 2014 valid feminine
Vitsika Bolton & Fisher, 2014: 68, 81-122, 149-162 Type-species: Vitsika crebra
  • Vitsika in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015: 17.
  • Senior synonym of Myrmisaraka: Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 447
Junior synonyms
  • Myrmisaraka Bolton & Fisher, 2014
Genus Vitsika references

Cantone, 2017: 248 (brief male diagnosis)

Citations
  • Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n. Zootaxa 3791 (1):1-99. PDF
  • Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
  • Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of the world. Ants of Africa and Madagascar. A guide to the genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, ix + 503 pp.
  • Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF

Extant: 16 valid species

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