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Promyrmecia
| Promyrmecia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
| Genus: | Promyrmecia Emery, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecia aberrans
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmecia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PROMYRMECIA [junior synonym of Myrmecia]
- Promyrmecia Emery, 1911d: 19 [as subgenus of Myrmecia]. Type-species: Myrmecia aberrans, by original designation.
- Promyrmecia raised to genus: Clark, 1943: 84.
- Promyrmecia senior synonym of Halmamyrmecia, Pristomyrmecia: Clark, 1927: 37; Clark, 1943: 84; Clark, 1951: 119.
- Promyrmecia junior synonym of Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 1.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 132, Promyrmecia as junior synonym of Myrmecia)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35 (page 1, Promyrmecia as junior synonym of Myrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1927. The ants of Victoria. Part III. Vic. Nat. (Melb.) 44: 33-40 (page 37, senior synonym of Halmamyrmecia and Pristomyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1927. The ants of Victoria. Part III. Vic. Nat. (Melb.) 44: 33-40 (page 37, Promyrmecia as subgenus of Myrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 84, senior synonym of Halmamyrmecia and Pristomyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 84, Promyrmecia as genus, and revision of genus)
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp. (page 119, Promyrmecia as genus)
- 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 688, Promyrmecia as subgenus of Myrmecia)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 19, Promyrmecia as subgenus of Myrmecia)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 235, Promyrmecia as subgenus of Myrmecia)
- 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 640, Promyrmecia as subgenus of Myrmecia)