Champsomyrmex

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Champsomyrmex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Champsomyrmex
Emery, 1892
Type species
Odontomachus coquereli

Odontomachus coquereli casent0005967 profile 1.jpg

Odontomachus coquereli casent0005967 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • CHAMPSOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Odontomachus]
    • Champsomyrmex Emery, 1892d: 558 (footnote). Type-species: Odontomachus coquereli, by monotypy.
    • Champsomyrmex subgenus of Odontomachus: Forel, 1893a: 163; Forel, 1917: 238.
    • Champsomyrmex as genus: Emery, 1892d: 558 (footnote); Emery, 1911d: 111; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 653.
    • Champsomyrmex junior synonym of Odontomachus; Brown, 1976a: 96.
    • [Thempsomyrmex Forel, 1893a: 163, incorrect subsequent spelling of Champsomyrmex.]

References

  • Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 382, Champsomyrmex in Odontomachidae)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 165, Champsomyrmex as junior synonym of Odontomachus)
  • 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, Champsomyrmex as junior synonym of Odontomachus (provisional))
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171 (page 96, Champsomyrmex as junior synonym of Odontomachus)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 49, Champsomyrmex in Ponerinae; as genus)
  • 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, Champsomyrmex in Ponerinae, Odontomachini)
  • Emery, C. 1892f [1891]. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 60: 553-574 (page 558, Champsomyrmex as genus (footnote))
  • Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 768, Champsomyrmex in Ponerinae, Odontomachini)
  • Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 111, Champsomyrmex in Ponerinae, Odontomachini; as genus)
  • Forel, A. 1893b. Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 161-167 (page 163, Champsomyrmex as subgenus of Odontomachus (misspelled as Thempsomyrmex))
  • Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 238, Champsomyrmex as subgenus of Odontomachus)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 136, Champsomyrmex in Ponerinae, Odontomachini)
  • 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 653, Champsomyrmex in Ponerinae, Odontomachini; as genus)