Iberoformica is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2]
| Iberoformica | |
|---|---|
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| Iberoformica subrufa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Iberoformica Tinaut, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Formica subrufa | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 1 species | |
Taxonomy edit
The genus was first described as a subgenus of Formica by Tinaut (1990), when he reclassified Formica subrufa as Iberoformica subrufa, the type species of the new subgenus.[3] Agosti (1994) synonymized the subgenus with Formica, and the taxon was finally revived and elevated to genus rank by Muñoz-López et al. (2012) based on molecular data.[4][5]
Species edit
- Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Iberoformica". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Iberoformica". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Tinaut, A. (1990). "Descripción del macho de Formica subrufa Roger, 1859 y creación de un nuevo subgénero (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". EOS. Revista Española de Entomología (in Spanish). 65: 281–291.
- ^ Agosti, D. (1994). "The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus". Systematic Entomology. 19 (2): 93–117. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00581.x. S2CID 83590673.
- ^ Muñoz-López, M.; Palomeque, T.; Carrillo, J. A.; Pons, J.; Tinaut, A.; Lorite, P. (2012). "A new taxonomic status for Iberoformica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) based on the use of molecular markers". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 50: 30–37. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00649.x.