Semonius

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Semonius
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

Tapinoma schultzei casent0178243 profile 1.jpg

Tapinoma schultzei casent0178243 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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)