Asemorhoptrum

Asemorhoptrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Asemorhoptrum; Mayr, 1861
Type species
	Myrmica lippula, now Stenamma lippulum Specimen Labels;

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

Nomenclature

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

ASEMORHOPTRUM [junior synonym of Stenamma]
- Asemorhoptrum Mayr, 1861: 76. Type-species: Myrmica lippula, by monotypy.
- Asemorhoptrum junior synonym of Stenamma: André, 1883a: 310.
- [Asemorhoptrum as junior synonym of Proatta: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 395 (in error).]

André, E. 1883a. Les fourmis. [part]. Pp. 281-344 in: André, Edm. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp. (page 310, Asemorhoptrum as junior synonym of Stenammma)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 205, Asemorhoptrum as junior synonym of Stenammma [Asemorhoptrum as junior synonym of Proatta: Snelling, 1981:395, (error)])
Emery, C. 1877b. Saggio di un ordinamento naturale dei Mirmicidei, e considerazioni sulla filogenesi delle formiche. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 9: 67-83 (page 81, Asemorhoptrum in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae])
Mayr, G. 1861. Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp. (page 76, Asemorhoptrum as genus)
Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. (page 20, Asemorhoptrum in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae])
Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp. (page 395, [Asemorhoptrum as junior synonym of Proatta; error])