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Semonius
| Semonius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Tapinomini |
| Genus: | Semonius Forel, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| Semonius schultzei, now Tapinoma schultzei
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinoma.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- SEMONIUS [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
- Semonius Forel, 1910f: 21. Type-species: Semonius schultzei, by monotypy.
- Semonius junior synonym of Tapinoma: Shattuck, 1992c: 146.
References
- Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 157, Semonius in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini)
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 26, Semonius as junior synonym of Tapinoma)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 91, Semonius as junior synonym of Tapinoma)
- Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 44, Semonius in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini)
- Forel, A. 1910e. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschr. M (page 21, Semonius as genus)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 247, Semonius in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini)
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 146, Semonius as junior synonym of Tapinoma)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 142, Semonius in Dolichoderinae)
- 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 688, Semonius in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini)