Pseudomyrma

Pseudomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Pseudomyrma Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Type species
Pseudomyrma bicolor, now Pseudomyrmex gracilis Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

• PSEUDOMYRMA [junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex]
  • Pseudomyrma Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 427 [as subgenus of Formica]. Type-species: Pseudomyrma bicolor, by monotypy.
  • Pseudomyrma senior synonym of Leptalea, Myrmex: Smith, F. 1858b: 153; Roger, 1863b: 24.
  • Pseudomyrma junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex: Smith, M.R. 1952a: 98.
• MYRMEX [junior homonym, junior synonym of Pseudomyrma]
  • Myrmex Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 427. Type-species: Myrmex perboscii, by monotypy. [Unresolved junior homonym of Myrmex Sturm, 1826: 32 (Coleoptera).]
  • Myrmex Guérin-Méneville junior synonym of Pseudomyrma: Smith, F. 1858b: 153; Roger, 1863b: 24.
  • Myrmex Guérin-Méneville junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex: Smith, M.R. 1952a: 98].

References

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• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 184, Pseudomyrma as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 135, Pseudomyrma as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)
• Cresson, E. T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Suppl. Vol. 1887: 1-351 (page 262, Pseudomyrma in Myrmicidae)
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• Smith, M. R. 1952c. North American Leptothorax of the tricarinatus-texanus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 60: 96-106 (page 98, Pseudomyrma as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)
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