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Machaeromyrma
| Machaeromyrma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Machaeromyrma Forel, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Formica bombycina, now Cataglyphis bombycina
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cataglyphis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MACHAEROMYRMA [junior synonym of Cataglyphis]
- Machaeromyrma Forel, 1916: 441 [as subgenus of Cataglyphis]. Type-species: Formica bombycina, by original designation.
- Machaeromyrma junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Baroni Urbani, 1969d: 218; Agosti, 1994a: 103.
References
- Agosti, D. 1994b. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Syst. Entomol. 19: 93-117 (page 103, Machaeromyrma as junior synonym of Cataglyphis)
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1969c. Una nuova Cataglyphis dei Monti dell'Anatolia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragm. Entomol. 6: 213-222 (page 218, Machaeromyrma as junior synonym of Cataglyphis)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 127, Machaeromyrma as junior synonym of Cataglyphis)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 266, Machaeromyrma as subgenus of Cataglyphis)
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 441, Machaeromyrma as subgenus of Cataglyphis)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 250, Machaeromyrma as subgenus of Cataglyphis)
- Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 30, Machaeromyrma as subgenus of Cataglyphis)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 699, Machaeromyrma as subgenus of Cataglyphis)