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Rhoptromyrmex
| Rhoptromyrmex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Rhoptromyrmex globinodis, now Tetramorium globulinode
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetramorium.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- RHOPTROMYRMEX [junior synonym of Tetramorium]
- Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 1901b: 18. Type-species: Rhoptromyrmex globinodis, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 172.
- Rhoptromyrmex senior synonym of Acidomyrmex: Brown, 1964c: 11.
- Rhoptromyrmex senior synonym of Ireneella: Bolton, 1976: 298.
- Rhoptromyrmex senior synonym of Hagioxenus: Bolton, 1986a: 2.
- Rhoptromyrmex senior synonym of Tetramorium: Ward et al., 2014: 15.
- ACIDOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Rhoptromyrmex]
- Acidomyrmex Emery, 1915i: 191 [as subgenus of Rhoptromyrmex]. Type-species: Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, by original designation.
- Acidomyrmex raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 664, 672.
- Acidomyrmex junior synonym of Rhoptromyrmex: Brown, 1964c: 11; Bolton, 1986a: 2.
- HAGIOXENUS [junior synonym of Rhoptromyrmex]
- Hagioxenus Forel, 1910a: 8. Type-species: Hagioxenus schmitzi, by monotypy.
- Hagioxenus junior synonym of Rhoptromyrmex: Bolton, 1986a: 2.
- IRENEELLA [junior synonym of Rhoptromyrmex]
- Ireneella Donisthorpe, 1941i: 175. Type-species: Ireneella papuensis (junior synonym of Tetramorium melleum), by original designation.
- Ireneella junior synonym of Rhoptromyrmex: Bolton, 1976: 298; Bolton, 1986a: 2.
References
- Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 271-402 (page 351, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 383, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Stenammini)
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 34: 281-379 (page 298, Rhoptromyrmex senior synonym of Ireneella, page 298, Revision of genus)
- Bolton, B. 1986a. A taxonomic and biological review of the tetramoriine ant genus Rhoptromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 11: 1-17 (page 2, Rhoptormyrmex senior synonym of Hagioxenus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 225, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1964e. Genus Rhoptromyrmex, revision of, and key to species. Pilot Regist. Zool. Card No. 11. (page 11, Revision of genus)
- Emery, C. 1914e. Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 18: 29-42 (page 42, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 289, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 245, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Mayr, G. 1901b. Südafrikanische Formiciden, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Brauns. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 16: 1-30 (page 18, Rhoptromyrmex as genus)
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 141, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1911g. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 21: 157-175 (page 172, Type-species: Rhoptromyrmex globinodis, by subsequent designation)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 664, Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)