Vicinopone

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
V. conciliatrix worker from Ghana
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Vicinopone

Bolton & Fisher, 2012
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V. conciliatrix
Binomial name
Vicinopone conciliatrix
(Brown, 1975)
Type species
Simopone conciliatrix

References

Citations
  1. Bolton & Fisher 2012, p. 72
  2. "Genus: Vicinopone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Bolton & Fisher 2012, p. 74
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