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Chalepoxenus
| Chalepoxenus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Chalepoxenus Menozzi, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Chalepoxenus gribodoi (junior synonym of Temnothorax muellerianus)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CHALEPOXENUS [junior synonym of Temnothorax]
- Chalepoxenus Menozzi, 1923a: 257. Type-species: Chalepoxenus gribodoi (junior synonym of Leptothorax muellerianus), by monotypy.
- [Name of type-species initially misspelled gridoboi, p. 257; correct spelling as gribodoi, p. 258.]
- Chalepoxenus senior synonym of Leonomyrma: Buschinger, 1987: 117.
- Chalepoxenus junior synonym of Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2014: 15.
- LEONOMYRMA [junior synonym of Chalepoxenus]
- Leonomyrma Arnol'di, 1968: 1809. Type-species: Leonomyrma spinosa, by original designation.
- Leonomyrma junior synonym of Chalepoxenus: Buschinger, 1987: 117.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 105, Chalepoxenus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 245, Chalepoxenus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 179, Chalepoxenus provisional junior synonym of Leptothorax)
- Buschinger, A. 1987b. Synonymy of Leonomyrma Arnoldi 1968 with Chalepoxenus Menozzi 1922 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 94: 117-126 (page 117, Chalepoxenus senior synonym of Leonomyrma)
- Buschinger, A., Cagniant, H., Erhardt, W., & Heinze, J. 1989. Chalepoxenus brunneus, a workerless "degenerate slave-maker" ant. Psyche 95 (1988): 253-264. [13.vi.1989.]
- 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 632, Chalepoxenus in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
- Ehrhardt, W. 1987. Biosystematics of the slavemaking ant genus Chalepoxenus. Pp. 39-40 in: Eder, J.; Rembold, H. (eds.) 1987. Chemistry and biology of social insects. München: Verlag J. Peperny, xxxv + 757 pp.
- Kutter, H. 1973e. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 46: 269-280 (page 269, Chalepoxenus valid genus)
- Kutter, H. 1973e. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 46: 269-280 (page 269, Revision of genus)
- Menozzi, C. 1923a [1922]. Nota su un nuovo genere e nuova specie di formica parassita. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 61: 256-260 (page 257, Chalepoxenus as genus [Name of type-species initially misspelled gridoboi, p.257; corect spelling as gribodoi, p.258.])
- Radchenko, A. G. 1989b. The ants of the genus Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Vestn. Zool. 2: 37-41 (page 37, Revision of genus)