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Issue: Vol. 5723 No. 2: 25 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.6
Page range: 268-280
Abstract views: 33
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Corrections for grammatical agreement for species in Chelaner Emery, 1914 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Te Kura Mātai Pūkaha; Pūrorohiko; Te Herenga Waka; Te Whanganui-a-Tara; Aotearoa—School of Engineering and Computer Science; Victoria University of Wellington; Wellington; New Zealand.
Hymenoptera ants gender ICZN nomenclature the Code

Abstract

This paper provides a list of mandatory corrections for grammatical agreement under Articles 31 and 34 of the Code for the southern ant genus Chelaner Emery, 1914, together with notes on the treatment for every species in the genus. Chelaner has masculine gender and all adjectival species names combined with it must also be masculine. The species-group names corrected are: C. antarcticus, C. anthracinus, C. aper dubius, C. bicornis, C. bifidus, C. bihamatus, C. burchera, C. centralis, C. crinitus, C. croceiventre, C. durokoppinensis, C. edentatus, C. elegantulus, C. falcatus, C. flavoniger, C. forcipatus, C. gilberti medioruber, C. insularis, C. kiliani obscurellus, C. lacunosus, C. longinodis, C. majeri, C. melleus, C. nightcapensis, C. parantarcticus, C. petiolatus, C. punctulatus, C. rapaensis, C. ravenshoensis, C. rubriceps, C. rubriceps cinctum, C. rubriceps extreminiger, C. rubriceps ruber, C. rubriceps sanguinolentus, C. rufoniger, C. sculpturatus, C. sublamellatus, C. tambourinensis, and C. tambourinensis howensis.

 

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How to Cite

Littauer, R. (2025) Corrections for grammatical agreement for species in Chelaner Emery, 1914 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 5723 (2), 268–280. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.6