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Cephaloxys
| Cephaloxys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Cephaloxys Smith, F., 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Cephaloxys capitata, now Strumigenys capitata
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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Strumigenys (the senior synonym of Smithistruma).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CEPHALOXYS [junior homonym, see Smithistruma]
- Cephaloxys Smith, F. 1865: 76. Type-species: Cephaloxys capitata, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Cephaloxys Signoret, 1847: 294 (Hemiptera).]
- Smithistruma Brown, 1948e: 104, replacement name for Cephaloxys Smith.
References
- Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 (page 254, Cephaloxys as subgenus of Strumigenys (anachronism))
- Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 33: 1639-1689 (page 1668, Smithistruma junior synonym of Pyramica)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 189, Cephaloxys as junior synonym of Pyramica [Cephaloxys Smith, F. junior homonym of Cephaloxys Signoret, 1847:294 (Hemiptera)])
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1948e. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 74: 101-129 (page 104, Smithistruma Brown, 1948 replacement name for Cephaloxys Smith, F. 1865)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 15, Cephaloxys as junior synonym of Strumigenys)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 323, Cephaloxys as subgenus of Strumigenys)
- Smith, F. 1865a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 8: 61-94 (page 76, Cephaloxys as genus)
- Smith, F. 1871a. A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 11: 285-348 (page 335, Cephaloxys in Cryptoceridae)
- 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 668, Cephaloxys in Myrmicinae, Dacetini; as subgenus of Strumigenys)