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Myrmisolepis
| Myrmisolepis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmisolepis Santschi, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus braunsi epinotalis
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Angular Acne Ants
(See also Orthonotomyrmex, Myrmepinotus, Myrmopiromis, and Myrmotrema.)
Diagnosis. Emery (1925). - "Worker. - Differs from Myrmotrema by the structure of the mesosoma:
Pronotum short, depressed, more-or-less marginate and shouldered; mesosoma strongly reduced posteriorly; meso-propodeal suture with more-or-less well-marked impression; propodeum depressed posteriorly and marginate, often bidentate.
Queen - not known to me.
Male - unknown.
Geographical distribution of species. - Afrotropics."
(Translated and edited by B. E. Boudinot, 17 February 2017.)
Myrmisolepis is currently a subgenus of Camponotus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMISOLEPIS [subgenus of Camponotus]
- Myrmisolepis Santschi, 1921f: 310 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus epinotalis, by original designation.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 118, Myrmisolepis as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 133, Myrmisolepis as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Santschi, F. 1921f. Retouches aux sous-genres de Camponotus. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 61: 310-312 (page 310, Myrmisolepis as subgenus of Camponotus)