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Spalacomyrmex
| Spalacomyrmex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Spalacomyrmex Emery, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Spalacomyrmex feae, now Centromyrmex feae
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Centromyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- SPALACOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Centromyrmex]
- Spalacomyrmex Emery, 1889b: 489. Type-species: Spalacomyrmex feae, by monotypy.
- Spalacomyrmex junior synonym of Centromyrmex: Emery, 1890b: 40.
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 93, Spalacomyrmex as junior synonym of Centromyrmex)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 160, Spalacomyrmex as junior synonym of Centromyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1889c. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 27[=(2)(7): 485-512 (page 489, Spalacomyrmex as genus)
- Emery, C. 1890c. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 22: 38-80 (page 40, Spalacomyrmex as junior synonym of Centromyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332 (page 303, Spalacomyrmex as junior synonym of Centromyrmex)