Aratromyrmex

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.

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)