Vicinopone is a monotypic Afrotropical genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[1][2] Vicinopone conciliatrix, the only species in the genus, was first described as Simopone conciliatrix by Brown in 1975 and was transferred to its own genus by Bolton & Fisher in 2012. V. conciliatrix appears to be quite widely distributed but rare. Its rarity is more likely apparent than real because it nests and forages in trees, rarely if ever coming down to the ground.[3]
| Vicinopone | |
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| Vicinopone conciliatrix worker from Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Vicinopone Bolton & Fisher, 2012 |
| Species: | V. conciliatrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Vicinopone conciliatrix (Brown, 1975)
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| Synonyms | |
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Simopone conciliatrix Brown, 1975 (type species of Vicinopone) | |
References
edit- Citations
- ^ Bolton & Fisher 2012, p. 72.
- ^ "Genus: Vicinopone". AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Bolton & Fisher 2012, p. 74.
- Sources
This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Bolton, Barry; Fisher, Brian L. (2012), "Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 3283: 1–101, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3283.1.1 Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.
- Brown, W.L., Jr. (1975) Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. 5. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agriculture 5, Entomology (Ithaca) 15, 1–115.
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