Heteromyrmex Wheeler

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Heteromyrmex
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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Specimen Labels

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)