Genus: Basiceros

Basiceros Schulz, W.A. 1906: 156.

Taxonomic history

[Replacement name for Ceratobasis Smith, F. 1860c: 78; junior homonym of Ceratobasis Lacordaire, 1848: 362 (Coleoptera).]

Basiceros in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Emery, 1914a: 42; Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 666; Emery, 1924d: 327; Donishorpe, 1943f: 627; Brown, 1948e: 102; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 30; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 81.

Basiceros in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini: Brown, 1949f: 87; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 171; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1998: 67; Bolton, 2003: 53, 183.

Homonym replaced by BASICEROS

Ceratobasis Smith, F. 1860c: 78. Type-species: Meranoplus singularis, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

[Junior homonym of Ceratobasis Lacordaire, 1848: 362 (Coleoptera).]

Ceratobasis in Myrmicidae, Cryptoceridae: Emery, 1877a: 81.

Ceratobasis in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1865: 26 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 148.

Ceratobasis in Cryptoceridae, Dacetonini: Ashmead, 1905b: 384.

Ceratobasis in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Forel, 1892d: 344; Forel, 1893a: 164; Forel, 1895b: 136; Emery, 1895j: 770; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 141.

Junior synonyms of BASICEROS

Creightonidris Brown, 1949f: 89. Type-species: Creightonidris scambognatha, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Creightonidris in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini: Brown, 1949f: 89; all subsequent authors.

Creightonidris as junior synonym of Basiceros: Fern?ndez, 2003d: 314, 392; Feitosa, Brand?o & Dietz, 2007: 17.

Aspididris Weber, 1950c: 3. Type-species: Aspididris militaris, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Aspididris in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 179.

Aspididris as genus: Weber, 1950c: 3; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257 (anachronism); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80 (anachronism).

Aspididris as junior synonym of Basiceros: Brown, 1974c: 132.

Genus Basiceros references

Roger, 1863b: 40 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863: 403 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 26 (diagnosis); Emery, 1924d: 327 (diagnosis, catalogue); Brown & Kempf, 1960: 171, 178, 243 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Brown & Kempf, 1960: 179, 244 (review of Aspididris, key); Kempf, 1972a: 26, 36, 80 (Aspididris, Basiceros, Creightonidris catalogues); Brown, 1974c: 132 (diagnosis, revised key); Bolton, 1995a: 1048, 1049 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 80, 146 (Basiceros, Creightonidris catalogues); Feitosa, Brand?o & Dietz, 2007: 17, 19 (diagnosis, all species key).