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Eomonocombus
| Eomonocombus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Eomonocombus Arnol'di, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecocystus cinnamomeus, now Cataglyphis cinnamomea
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cataglyphis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- EOMONOCOMBUS [junior synonym of Cataglyphis]
- Eomonocombus Arnol'di, 1968: 1815 [as subgenus of Cataglyphis]. Type-species: Myrmecocystus cinnamomeus, by original designation.
- Eomonocombus junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Agosti, 1990b: 1462; Agosti, 1994a: 103.
References
- Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1462, Eomonocombus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis)
- Agosti, D. 1994b. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Syst. Entomol. 19: 93-117 (page 103, Eomonocombus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis)
- 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 1815, Eomonocombus as subgenus of Cataglyphis)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 127, Eomonocombus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis)
- 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, Eomonocombus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis [provisional])