Promyrmicium

†Promyrmicium; Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Genus:	†Promyrmicium; Baroni Urbani, 1971
Type species
	Not required;
Synonyms
	Myrmicium Heer, 1870;

This genus has been transferred to the family Ichneumonidae.

Nomenclature

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

Taxonomic history

[Replacement name for †Myrmicium Heer, 1870: 78; junior homonym of †Myrmicium Westwood, 1854: 396.]
†Promyrmicium in Formicidae, Myrmicinae: Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 362; Bolton, 1994: 106 (anachronism).
†Promyrmicium excluded from Formicidae: transferred to Ichneumonidae by Birket-Smith, 1977: 8; Bolton, 2003: 264.

Baroni Urbani, C. 1971b. Einige Homonymien in der Familie Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 44: 360-362 (page 362, replacement name for Myrmicium Heer, 1870: 78; junior homonym of Westwood, 1854: 396; Promyrmicium in Formicidae, Myrmicinae)
Birket-Smith, S. J. R. 1977. Fossil insects from Spitsbergen. Acta Arct. 19: 1-42 (page 8, Promyrmicium in Ichneumonidae)
Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 106, Promyrmicium in Formicidae, Myrmicinae (anachronism))
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 264, Promyrmicium excluded from Formicidae (Ichneumonidae))