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Sphecomyrmex
| Sphecomyrmex | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Sphecomyrmex Schulz, W.A., 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Not required | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dorylus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- SPHECOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Anomma]
- Sphecomyrmex Schulz, W.A. 1906: 154, unjustified emendation of Sphegomyrmex.
- Sphecomyrmex junior synonym of Anomma: Bolton, 1995b: 46.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 46, Sphecomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 149, Sphecomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
- Schulz, W. A. 1906. Spolia hymenopterologica. Paderborn: Junfermannsche Buchhandlung, 355 pp. (page 154, Sphecomyrmex; Unjustified emendation of Sphegomyrmex)