Heteromyrmex Wheeler
For a list of taxa which share this name see Heteromyrmex (disambiguation).
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Heteromyrmex Wheeler, W.M., 1920 |
Type species | |
Vollenhovia rufiventris
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Vollenhovia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- HETEROMYRMEX [junior synonym of Vollenhovia]Heteromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53. Type-species: Vollenhovia rufiventris, by original designation.
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Camb.) 27: 46-55 (page 53, combination in Heteromyrmex)