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Genus: Opisthopsis

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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Opisthopsis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

13 species, 7 subspecies

Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893: 219 AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith, 1865a PDF: 68; junior homonym of Myrmecopsis Newman, 1850 PDF: cxxii (Lepidoptera).].
Opisthopsis in Camponotinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 219.
Opisthopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 772; Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 144; Forel, 1912j PDF: 89; Forel, 1917 PDF: 250.
Opisthopsis in Formicinae, Camponotini: Wheeler, 1922: 700; Emery, 1925d PDF: 54; all subsequent authors except the following.
Opisthopsis in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 295.
Genus Opisthopsis references
Forel, 1878c PDF: 369 (diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893: 219 (catalogue); Emery, 1896j: 378 (catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 54 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1918d PDF: 345 (diagnosis, all species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 256 (Asia checklist); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 127 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 50 (Australia checklist); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 300 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 103 (Australia synopsis); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 121 (synopsis).
Genus Opisthopsis references
Forel, 1878c PDF: 369 (diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893: 219 (catalogue); Emery, 1896j: 378 (catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 54 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1918d PDF: 345 (diagnosis, all species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 256 (Asia checklist); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 127 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 50 (Australia checklist); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 300 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 103 (Australia synopsis); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 121 (synopsis).

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