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Genus: Gigantiops   Roger, 1863 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

1 species

Gigantiops Roger, 1863b: 11. Type-species: Formica destructor, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Gigantiops in Formicinae: Mayr, 1865 PDF: 9 [Formicidae].
Gigantiops in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 370 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 175.
Gigantiops in Gesomyrmicinae, Gigantiopini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Gigantiops in Camponotinae, Oecophyllini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 772; Wheeler, 1910a: 143; Forel, 1912j PDF: 89; Forel, 1917 PDF: 250.
Gigantiops in Formicinae, Gigantiopini: Wheeler, 1922: 700; Emery, 1925d PDF: 48; all subsequent authors except the one below; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 26, 111.
Gigantiops in Formicinae, Oecophylla genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 295.
Genus Gigantiops references: see above
Genus Gigantiops references: see above

Taxon Page Images:



Gigantiops destructor Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Neotropical bioregion.

Neotropical Region: Amazonas, Americas, Bolívar, Brazil, Colombia, Cusco, Demerara-Mahaica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Huánuco, Madre de Dios, Mato Grosso do Sul, Napo, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela


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