Sphegomyrmex

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Sphegomyrmex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Sphegomyrmex
Imhoff, 1852
Type species
Dorylus nigricans

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Specimen labels

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.

  • SPHEGOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Anomma]
    • Sphegomyrmex Imhoff, 1852: 176. Type-species: Dorylus nigricans, by subsequent designation of Donisthorpe, 1943g: 727.
    • Sphegomyrmex junior synonym of Anomma: Smith, F. 1858b: 112.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 149, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 8, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 721-737 (page 727, Type-species: Dorylus nigricans, by subsequent designation)
  • Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 710, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
  • Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 10, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
  • Imhoff, L. 1852. Ueber eine Art afrikanischer Ameisen. Ber. Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel 10: 175-177 (page 176, Sphegomyrmex as genus)
  • Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 394, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
  • Roger, J. 1861a. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen (Schluss). Berl. Entomol. Z. 5: 1-54 (page 45, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)
  • Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 112, Sphegomyrmex as junior synonym of Anomma)