Anomalomyrmini

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Anomalomyrmini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptanillini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Leptanillinae
Tribe: Anomalomyrmini
Taylor, 1990
Type genus
Anomalomyrma

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ANOMALOMYRMINI [junior synonym of Leptanillini]
    • Anomalomyrmini Taylor, in Bolton, 1990b: 278. Type-genus: Anomalomyrma Taylor, in Bolton, 1990b: 278.

Taxonomic History

  • Anomalomyrmini as tribe of Leptanillinae: Bolton, 1990b: 273; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Kugler, C. 1992: 107; Bolton, 1994: 70; Bolton, 2003: 39, 151.
  • Anomalomyrmini as junior synonym of Leptanillini: Griebenow, 2024: 117 (by implication as Anomalomyrma treated as junior synonym of Protanilla).

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