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Halmamyrmecia
| Halmamyrmecia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
| Genus: | Halmamyrmecia Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecia pilosula
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmecia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- HALMAMYRMECIA [junior synonym of Myrmecia]
- Halmamyrmecia Wheeler, W.M. 1922b: 195 [as subgenus of Myrmecia]. Type-species: Myrmecia pilosula, by original designation.
- Halmamyrmecia junior synonym of Promyrmecia: Clark, 1927: 37; Clark, 1951: 119.
- Halmamyrmecia junior synonym of Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 1.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 132, Halmamyrmecia as junior synonym of Promyrmecia)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35 (page 1, Halmamyrmecia junior synonym of Myrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1927. The ants of Victoria. Part III. Vic. Nat. (Melb.) 44: 33-40 (page 37, Halmamyrmecia as junior synonym of Promyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 84, Halmamyrmecia as junior synonym of Promyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp. (page 119, Halmamyrmecia as junior synonym of Promyrmecia)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922c. Observations on Gigantiops destructor Fabricius and other leaping ants. Biol. Bull. (Woods Hole) 42: 185-201 (page 195, Orig. name: Halmamyrmecia; [as subgenus of Myrmecia]; type species.: Type-species: Myrmecia pilosula)