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Myrmex
| Myrmex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Myrmex Guérin-Méneville, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmex perboscii, now Pseudomyrmex perboscii
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMEX [junior homonym, junior synonym of Pseudomyrma]
- Myrmex Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 427. Type-species: Myrmex perboscii, by monotypy. [Unresolved junior homonym of Myrmex Sturm, 1826: 32 (Coleoptera).]
- Myrmex Guérin-Méneville junior synonym of Pseudomyrma: Smith, F. 1858b: 153; Roger, 1863b: 24.
- Myrmex Guérin-Méneville junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex: Smith, M.R. 1952a: 98].
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 135, Myrmex as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 55, Myrmex as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 28, Myrmex as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
- Guérin-Méneville, F. E. 1844a. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Insectes. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 576 pp. (page 427, Myrmex as genus; junior homonym of Myrmex Sturm, 1826 (Coleoptera))
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 24, Myrmex as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 153, Myrmex as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
- Smith, F. 1877b. Descriptions of new species of the genera Pseudomyrma and Tetraponera, belonging to the family Myrmicidae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1877: 57-72 (page 58, Myrmex as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
- Smith, M. R. 1952a. The correct name for the group of ants formerly known as Pseudomyrma (Hymenoptera). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 54: 97-98 (page 98, Myrmex junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)