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Hypocylindromyrmex
| Hypocylindromyrmex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Hypocylindromyrmex Wheeler, W.M., 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Cylindromyrmex longiceps
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- HYPOCYLINDROMYRMEX [junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex]
- Hypocylindromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 106 [as subgenus of Cylindromyrmex]. Type-species: Cylindromyrmex longiceps, by original designation.
- Hypocylindromyrmex junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex: Brown, 1975: 36.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 139, Hypocylindromyrmex as junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex )
- 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 181, Hypocylindromyrmex as junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex [provisional])
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 36, Hypocylindromyrmex as junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex )
- Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 106, Hypocylindromyrmex as subgenus of Cylindromyrmex)