Attomyrma

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Attomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Attomyrma
Emery, 1915
Type species
Formica subterranea, now Aphaenogaster subterranea

Aphaenogaster subterranea casent0172716 profile 1.jpg

Aphaenogaster subterranea casent0172716 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ATTOMYRMA [junior synonym of Aphaenogaster]
    • Attomyrma Emery, 1915d: 70 [as subgenus of Aphaenogaster]. Type-species: Formica subterranea, by original designation.
    • Attomyrma junior synonym of Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1982: 364.


References

  • Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 364, Attomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster )
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 229, Attomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster )
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 178, Attomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster (provisional))
  • Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 19: 67-75 (page 70, Attomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • Emery, C. 1916a [1915]. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 47: 79-275 (page 129, Attomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 56, Attomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1359, Attomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster )