| Etymology |
The genus name *Corrieopone* is feminine. It is a tribute to Dr. Corrie Saux Moreau, a myrmecologist, professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity at Cornell University, and director and curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection, in Ithaca, N.Y. A flagbearer for gender inclusion and diversity in our field, audacious (see Wilson 2013, chapter 13), upbeat, and the owner of a contagious laugh, Corrie inspires everybody with her trailblazing, glass ceiling- and stereotype-breaking approach to science. Moreover, the discovery of *Corrieopone* only occurred because, back in 2017, Corrie Moreau and Christophe Duplais spurred us to house Ant Course 2018 at Nouragues Research Station in French Guiana. The suffix “pone” is derived from the subfamily name Ponerinae. |
