Syllophopsis

Syllophopsis
Syllophopsis modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915
species [1] [2]
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Syllophopsis is a genus of Myrmicine ants found across the Southern Hemisphere and the tropics except South America. ^{[1] [3]} It was regarded as a synonym of Monomorium before Ward et al. 2015 revalidated the genus. ^[4]

Species

As of 2024, Syllophopsis contains 23 species.

• Syllophopsis adiastolon
• Syllophopsis aureorugosa
• Syllophopsis australica
• Syllophopsis cryptobia
• Syllophopsis dentata
• Syllophopsis elgonensis
• Syllophopsis ferodens
• Syllophopsis fisheri
• Syllophopsis gongromos
• Syllophopsis hildebrandti
• Syllophopsis infusca
• Syllophopsis jonesi
• Syllophopsis kondratieffi
• Syllophopsis malamixta
• Syllophopsis modesta
• Syllophopsis peetersi
• Syllophopsis saudiensis
• Syllophopsis sechellensis
• Syllophopsis sechellensis papuasiae
• Syllophopsis sersalata
• Syllophopsis subcoeca
• Syllophopsis thrascolepta
• Syllophopsis vitiensis

References

1. "Syllophopsis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2024-10-08.
2. Shattuck, Steven O. "Syllophopsis". AntWiki. antwiki.org. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
3. Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Syllophopsis". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
4. Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (2015). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 61–81. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40...61W. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN   1365-3113. S2CID   83986771.