Ocymyrmicini

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Ocymyrmicini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Ocymyrmicini
Emery, 1914
Type genus
Ocymyrmex

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

Nomenclature

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

  • OCYMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
    • Ocymyrmicini Emery, 1914a: 38 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Ocymyrmex Emery, 1886: 364.

Taxonomic History

  • Ocymyrmecini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 38 [Ocymyrmicini]; Arnold, 1916: 194; Forel, 1917: 245; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 658; Emery, 1924d: 270; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 57 [Ocymyrmecini]; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257 [Ocymyrmecini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 [Ocymyrmecini].
  • Ocymyrmecini as junior synonym of Pheidolini: Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1281.
  • Ocymyrmecini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.

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