Aratromyrmex

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Aratromyrmex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Aratromyrmex
Stitz, 1938
Type species
Aratromyrmex luctuosus, now Vollenhovia luctuosa

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ARATROMYRMEX [junior synonym of Vollenhovia]
    • Aratromyrmex Stitz, 1938: 105. Type-species: Aratromyrmex luctuosus, by subsequent designation of Donisthorpe, 1943f: 625.
    • Aratromyrmex junior synonym of Vollenhovia: Baroni Urbani, 1980: 96.

References

  • Baroni Urbani, C. 1980a. Die Stellung der Gattung Aratromyrmex Stitz (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 56: 95-96 (page 96, Aratromyrmex as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 206, Aratromyrmex as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)
  • Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 135, Aratromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini)
  • 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 625, Aratromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini; Type-species: Aratromyrmex luctuosus; by subsequent designation)
  • Stitz, H. 1938. Neue Ameisen aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1938: 99-122 (page 105, Aratromyrmex as genus)