Proscopomyrmex

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Proscopomyrmex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Proscopomyrmex
Patrizi, 1946
Type species
Proscopomyrmex londianensis, now Strumigenys londianensis

Strumigenys londianensis casent0900593 p 1 high.jpg

Strumigenys londianensis casent0900593 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • PROSCOPOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Strumigenys]
    • Proscopomyrmex Patrizi, 1946: 294. Type-species: Proscopomyrmex londianensis, by monotypy.
    • Proscopomyrmex junior synonym of Strumigenys: Brown, 1949d: 15; Bolton, 1999: 1673.


References

  • Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 33: 1639-1689 (page 1673, Proscopomyrmex as junior synonym of Strumigenys)
  • Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028 (page 492, Proscopomyrmex as junior synonym of Strumigenys)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 192, Proscopomyrmex as junior synonym of Strumigenys)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949f. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini. I. Fauna of Japan, China and Taiwan. Mushi 20: 1-25 (page 15, Proscopomyrmex as junior synonym of Strumigenys)
  • Patrizi, S. 1946. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza delle formiche e dei mirmecofili dell'Africa orientale. Boll. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 15: 292-296 (page 294, Proscopomyrmex as genus)
  • Patrizi, S. 1946. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza delle formiche e dei mirmecofili dell'Africa orientale. Boll. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 15: 292-296 (page 294, Proscopomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Dacetini [Dacetonini])