Myrmicium

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Myrmicium
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Embolemidae
Genus: Myrmicium
Westwood, 1854
Type species
Myrmicium heerii

This genus has been transferred to the family †Pseudosiricidae.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • MYRMICIUM [Symphyta]
    • Myrmicium Westwood, 1854: 396. Type-species: †Myrmicium heerii, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

  • Myrmicium in Formicidae, Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 37 (anachronism).
  • Myrmicium excluded from Formicidae: transferred to †Myrmiciidae (Symphyta) by Maa, 1949: 17; Rasnitsyn, 1969: 17; Jarzembowski, 1993: 179.
  • Myrmicium excluded from Formicidae: transferred to †Pseudosiricidae (Symphyta) by Handlirsch, 1906: 577; Abe & Smith, D.R. 1991: 53; Bolton, 2003: 264.
  • Myrmicium as junior synonym of †Pseudosirex: Handlirsch, 1906: 577.
  • Myrmicium as junior synonym of Myrmica: Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Forel, 1915d: 9.
  • Myrmicium as genus: Westwood, 1854: 396; Maa, 1949: 17; Rasnitsyn, 1969: 17; Jarzembowski, 1993: 179; Bolton, 1995b: 37; Bolton, 2003: 264.
  • [†Myrmecium: incorrect subsequent spelling by Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Forel, 1915d: 9.]

References

  • Abe, M. & Smith, D.R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115. PDF
  • Baroni Urbani, C. 1971b. Einige Homonymien in der Familie Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 44: 360-362 (page 362, Promyrmicium Baroni Urbani replacement name for *Myrmicium Heer.)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 264, Myrmicium synonym of Promyrmicium)
  • Heer, O. 1870. Die Miocene Flora und Fauna Spitzbergens. K. Sven. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n.s. 3)8(7 7: 1-98 (page 78, Myrmicium Heer, junior homonym of Myrmicium Westwood, 1854: 396 (Pseudosiricidae))
  • Abe, M.; Smith, D. R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115 (page 53, Myrmicium in Pseudosiricidae)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 37, Myrmicium in Myrmicinae (anachronism); Myrmicium as genus)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 264, Myrmicium excluded from Formicidae (Symphyta))
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 108, Myrmicium in Myrmicinae (as Myrmecium, incorrect subsequent spelling); Myrmicium as junior synonym of Myrmica)
  • Forel, A. 1915d. Fauna insectorum helvetiae. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Die Ameisen der Schweiz. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 12(B Beilage: 1-77 (page 9, Myrmicium as junior synonym of Myrmica)
  • Handlirsch, A. 1906. Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. Lieferung 4. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pp. 481-640. (page 577, Myrmicium in Pseudosiricidae; Myrmicium as junior synonym of Pseudosirex)
  • Westwood, J. O. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 10: 378-396 (page 396, Myrmicium as genus)