Thaneroclerini Chapin, 1924

Viticlerini Winkler, 1982 n. syn.

Remarks. Winkler (1982: 526–527) based the monotypic tribe Viticlerini only on the aptery of a single species, Viticlerus formicinus Miyatake, 1977 . In 1992, after examination of its characters and comparison with the related genera Neoclerus, Meprinogenus and Thaneroclerus, I reached the conclusion that Viticlerini should be synonymized with Thaneroclerini at its present taxonomic rank, i.e., sensu Bouchard et al. 2011 (or with the subtribe Thaneroclerina at the original rank) (Kolibáč 1992). Unfortunately, the taxonomic act was indicated in the abstract only (p. 303) because I omitted to justify the synonymization in the section “Subtribe Thaneroclerina” (p. 310). Moreover, the indication in the abstract was also erroneous in that the spelling “ Thaneroclerini ” instead of “Thaneroclerina” was used (p. 303).

Considering all these circumstances, the tribe Viticlerini Winkler, 1982 is now herein formally synonymized with Thaneroclerini Chapin, 1924 .