Sicelomyrmicini

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†Sicelomyrmecini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Gesomyrmecini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: †Sicelomyrmecini
Wheeler, 1929
Type genus
Sicilomyrmex

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

Nomenclature

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

  • †SICELOMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Gesomyrmecini]
    • †Sicelomyrmicini Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 12 (in text). Type-genus: †Sicelomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 111.

Taxonomic History

  • †Sicelomyrmecini as tribe of Formicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 12 [†Sicelomyrmicini]; Brown & Carpenter, 1979: 423 [†Sicilomyrmecini]; Bolton, 1994: 51.
  • †Sicelomyrmecini as junior synonym of Gesomyrmecini: Bolton, 2003: 23, 108; Ward, et al. 2016: 347.

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