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Myrmus
| Myrmus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Myrmus Schenck, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmus emarginatus (junior synonym of Strongylognathus testaceus)
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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Strongylognathus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMUS [junior homonym, see Strongylognathus]
- Myrmus Schenck, 1853: 188. Type-species: Myrmus emarginatus (junior synonym of Eciton testaceum), by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Myrmus Hahn, 1832: 81 (Hemiptera).]
- Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853d: 389, replacement name for Myrmus Schenck.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 226, Myrmus junior synonym of Stronglyognathus)
- Mayr, G. 1853e. Ueber die Abtheilung der Myrmiciden, und eine neue Gattung derselben. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ver. Wien 3: 387-394 (page 389, Strongylognathus Mayr replacement name for Myrmus Schenck.)
- Schenck, C. F. 1853b. Die nassauischen Ameisen-Species. (Fortsetzung.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 14: 185-198 (page 188, Myrmus as genus)