Apsychomyrmex

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Apsychomyrmex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Apsychomyrmex
Wheeler, W.M., 1910
Type species
Apsychomyrmex myops, now Adelomyrmex myops

Adelomyrmex myops casent0173239 profile 1.jpg

Adelomyrmex myops casent0173239 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Adelomyrmex.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • APSYCHOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Adelomyrmex]
    • Apsychomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1910a: 261. Type-species: Apsychomyrmex myops, by monotypy.
    • Apsychomyrmex junior synonym of Adelomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 18.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 207, Apsychomyrmex as junior synonym of Adelomyrmex)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 624, Apsychomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
  • Emery, C. 1914e. Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 18: 29-42 (page 42, Apsychomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
  • Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 268, Apsychomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
  • Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 245, Apsychomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 18, Apsychomyrmex as junior synonym of Adelomyrmex)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1910d. Three new genera of myrmicine ants from tropical America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 259-265 (page 261, Apsychomyrmex as genus)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 664, Apsychomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)