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Cephalomyrma
| Cephalomyrma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Cephalomyrma Karavaiev, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Polyrhachis stylifera | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Polyrhachis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CEPHALOMYRMA [junior synonym of Myrmhopla]
- Cephalomyrma Karavaiev, 1935a: 115 [as subgenus of Polyrhachis]. Type-species: Polyrhachis (Cephalomyrma) stylifera, by monotypy.
- Cephalomyrma junior synonym of Myrmhopla: Hung, 1967b: 402.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 124, Cephalomyrma as junior synonym of Myrmhopla)
- Hung, A. C. F. 1967b. A revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis at the subgeneric level (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 93: 395-422 (page 402, Cephalomyrma as junior synonym of Myrmhopla)
- Karavaiev, V. 1935a. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia 15: 57-118 (page 115, Cephalomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis)