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Lobognathus
| Lobognathus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Lobognathus Enzmann, J., 1947 |
| Type species | |
| Not required | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Messor.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- LOBOGNATHUS [junior synonym of Messor]
- Lobognathus Enzmann, J. 1947b: 152 [as subgenus of Veromessor]. Erroneous entry for Veromessor lobognathus and hence junior synonym of Veromessor: Brown, 1949a: 49
- Lobognathus junior synonym of Messor: Bolton, 1982: 338.
References
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 338, Lobognathus junior synonym of Messor)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 232, Lobognathus as junior synonym of Veromessor.)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949a. Synonymic and other notes on Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 56: 41-49 (page 49, Erroneous entry for Veromessor lobognathus and hence junior synonym of Veromessor.)
- Enzmann, J. 1947b. New forms of Aphaenogaster and Novomessor. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 55: 147-152 (page 152, Lobognathus as subgenus of Veromessor)