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Myrmecinella
| Myrmecinella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Myrmecinella Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecinella panamana, now Xenomyrmex panamanus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Xenomyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMECINELLA [junior synonym of Xenomyrmex]
- Myrmecinella Wheeler, W.M. 1922d: 1. Type-species: Myrmecinella panamana, by original designation.
- Myrmecinella junior synonym of Xenomyrmex: Wheeler, W.M. 1931a: 129.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 254, Myrmecinella as junior synonym of Xenomyrmex)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 665, Myrmecinella in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922f. A new genus and subgenus of Myrmicinae from tropical America. American Museum Novitates 46: 1-6 (page 1, Myrmecinella as genus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922f. A new genus and subgenus of Myrmicinae from tropical America. American Museum Novitates 46: 1-6 (page 3, Myrmecinella in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1931a. Neotropical ants of the genus Xenomyrmex Forel. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 1: 129-139 (page 129, Myrmecinella as junior synonym of Xenomyrmex)