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Forelomyrmex
| Forelomyrmex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Pogonomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Forelomyrmex Wheeler, W.M., 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Pogonomyrmex mayri
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- FORELOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex]
- Forelomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 80 [as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex]. Replacement name for Janetia Forel, 1899c: 61 (footnote). [Junior homonym of Janetia Kieffer, 1896: 236 (Diptera).]
- Forelomyrmex raised to genus: Taber, 1990: 307.
- Forelomyrmex junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex: Lattke, 1991a: 305; Bolton, 1994: 106.
- JANETIA [junior homonym, see Forelomyrmex]
- Janetia Forel, 1899c: 61 (footnote) [as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex]. Type-species: Pogonomyrmex (Janetia) mayri, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Janetia Kieffer, 1896: 236 (Diptera).]
- Forelomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 80, replacement name for Janetia Forel.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 106, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 29, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 223, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex)
- 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, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex (provisional))
- 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 646, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 48, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)
- Fernández, F.; Palacio, E. E. 1998 [1997]. Clave para las Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Norte de Suramérica, con la descripción de una nueva especie. Rev. Biol. Trop. 4 45: 1649-1661 (page 1649, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 240, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 209, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)
- Kusnezov, N. 1951e. El género Pogonomyrmex Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 11: 227-333 (page 245, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)
- Lattke, J. E. 1991a [1990]. Una nueva especie de Pogonomyrmex Mayr de selva húmeda tropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 38: 305-309 (page 305, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex)
- Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp. (page 395, Forelomyrmex as junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1913a. Corrections and additions to "List of type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 23: 77-83 (page 80, Replacement name for Janetia Forel, 1899: 61; junior homonym of Janetia Kieffer, 1896:236 (Diptera).)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1913a. Corrections and additions to "List of type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 23: 77-83 (page 80, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)
- 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, Forelomyrmex as subgenus of Pogonomyrmex)