Myrtoteras

Myrtoteras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Myrtoteras; Matsumura, 1912
Type species
	Myrtoteras kuroiwae, now Odontomachus kuroiwae;

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Odontomachus.

Nomenclature

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

MYRTOTERAS [junior synonym of Odontomachus]
- Myrtoteras Matsumura, 1912: 191. Type-species: Myrtoteras kuroiwae, by monotypy.
- Myrtoteras junior synonym of Odontomachus: Brown, 1976a: 96.

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 165, Myrtoteras as junior synonym of Odontomachus )
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 182, Myrtoteras as junior synonym of Odontomachus (provisional))
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171 (page 96, Myrtoteras as junior synonym of Odontomachus )
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 672, Myrtoteras in Ponerinae, Odontomachini)
Matsumura, S. 1912. Thousand insects of Japan. Supplement IV. Tokyo: Keishu-sha, 247 pp. + 14 pl. + 4 pp. (index). (page 191, Myrtoteras as genus)