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Dodecamyrmica
| Dodecamyrmica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Dodecamyrmica Arnol'di, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmica arnoldii
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmica.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DODECAMYRMICA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
- Dodecamyrmica Arnol'di, 1968: 1803 [as subgenus of Myrmica]. Type-species: Myrmica arnoldii, by original designation.
- Dodecamyrmica junior synonym of Myrmica: Francoeur, 1981: 759.
References
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1968b. Important additions to the myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR, and descriptions of new forms. Zool. Zh. 4 47: 1800-1822 (page 1803, Dodecamyrmica as subgenus of Myrmica)
- Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 13: 1-11 (page 4, Dodecamyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 222, Dodecamyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- 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 180, Dodecamyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica (provisional))
- Francoeur, A. 1981c. Le groupe néarctique Myrmica lampra (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Can. Entomol. 113: 755-759 (page 759, Dodecamyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica)