| Taxon | Iberoformica |
|---|---|
| Authority | Tinaut, 1990 |
| Type species | Iberoformica subrufa |
| Type species authority | Roger, 1859 |
| Diversity | 1 species |
Iberoformica is a small genus of ants with only one species, Iberoformica subrufa, in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
References
- ^ "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)" (in Spanish). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología. 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