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Cratomyrmex
| Cratomyrmex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Cratomyrmex Emery, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Cratomyrmex regalis, now Messor regalis
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- CRATOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Messor]
- Cratomyrmex Emery, 1892d: 572. Type-species: Cratomyrmex regalis, by monotypy.
- Cratomyrmex subgenus of Messor: Santschi, 1920d: 378.
- Cratomyrmex junior synonym of Messor: Emery, 1924d: 357.
- Cratomyrmex revived from synonymy: Bernard, 1971: 6.
- Cratomyrmex junior synonym of Messor: Bolton, 1982: 338.
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 383, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Bernard, F. 1971. Les fourmis de l'I^le de Djerba (Tunisie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 62: 3-14 (page 6, Cratomyrmex as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 338, Cratomyrmex as junior synonym of Messor)
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 106, Cratomyrmex as junior synonym of Messor)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 231, Cratomyrmex as junior synonym of Messor)
- 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 635, Cratomyrmex as junior synonym of Messor)
- 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 635, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- 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 572, Cratomyrmex as genus)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 769, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Emery, C. 1914e. Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 18: 29-42 (page 40, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 43, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini; Cratomyrmex as genus)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 357, Cratomyrmex as junior synonym of Messor)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 240, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini; Cratomyrmex as genus)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 14, Cratomyrmex as junior synonym of Messor)
- Santschi, F. 1920d [1919]. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 88: 361-390 (page 378, Cratomyrmex as subgenus of Messor)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 140, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini; Cratomyrmex as genus)
- 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 660, 802, Cratomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini; Cratomyrmex as genus)