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Sysphingta
| Sysphingta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Sysphingta Roger, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Sysphingta micrommata, now Proceratium micrommatum
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Proceratium.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- SYSPHINGTA [junior synonym of Proceratium]
- Sysphingta Roger, 1863a: 175. Type-species: Sysphingta micrommata, by monotypy.
- Sysphingta junior synonym of Proceratium: Mayr, 1886d: 437; Dalla Torre, 1893: 18.
- Sysphingta revived from synonymy: Emery, 1895c: 262.
- Sysphingta junior synonym of Proceratium: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 118; Brown, 1958g: 241.
- [Sysphincta Mayr, 1865: 12 (and most subsequent authors), incorrect subsequent spelling.]
References
- Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 34, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 382, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 180, Sysphingta as junior synonym of Proceratium)
- Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 (page 118, Sysphingta as junior synonym of Proceratium)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 241, Sysphingta as junior synonym of Proceratium)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 40, Sysphingta as genus)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 18, Sysphingta as junior synonym of Proceratium; Sysphingta in Ponerinae)
- 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 730, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 262, Sysphingta as genus)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 765, Sysphingta in Dorylinae, Proceratiini)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 50, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 236, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini; Sysphingta as genus)
- Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. (page 12, Sysphingta in Ponerinae [Poneridae])
- Mayr, G. 1886d. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 419-464 (page 437, Sysphingta as junior synonym of Proceratium)
- Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 175, Sysphingta as genus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 136, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini; Sysphingta as genus)
- 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 645, Sysphingta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini; Sysphingta as genus)