Taxonavigation

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Formicinae
Tribus: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Paratrechina
Species (5): P. ankarana – P. antsingy – P. kohli – P. longicornis – P. zanjensis

Name

Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1863

• Gender: [feminine]
• Type species: Paratrechina currens Motschoulsky, 1863
  • Fixation: monotypy

References

• LaPolla, J.S.; Brady, S.G.; Shattuck, S.O. 2010: Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic entomology 35(1): 118–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x Reference page. 

• LaPolla, J.S.; Fisher, B.L. 2014: Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422: 35–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.422.7779 Reference page. 

• LaPolla, J.S., Hawkes, P.G. & Fisher, J.N. 2013. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Paratrechina, with a description of a new species from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera research 35: 71–82. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.35.5628 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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