Tomognathus

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Tomognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tomognathus
Mayr, 1861
Type species
Myrmica sublaevis, now Harpagoxenus sublaevis

Harpagoxenus sublaevis casent0178588 profile 1.jpg

Harpagoxenus sublaevis casent0178588 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Harpagoxenus.

Nomenclature

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

  • TOMOGNATHUS [junior homonym, see Harpagoxenus]
    • Tomognathus Mayr, 1861: 56. Type-species: Myrmica sublaevis, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Tomognathus Agassiz, 1850: 376 (Pisces).]
    • Harpagoxenus Forel, 1893a: 167, replacement name for Tomognathus Mayr.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 247, Tomognathus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 64, Tomognathus in Myrmicinae)
  • Emery, C. 1877b. Saggio di un ordinamento naturale dei Mirmicidei, e considerazioni sulla filogenesi delle formiche. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 9: 67-83 (page 81, Tomognathus in Myrmicidae, Myrmicidae)
  • Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 769, Tomognathus in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
  • Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 5: 441-481 (page 457, Tomognathus in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae])
  • Forel, A. 1893b. Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 161-167 (page 165, 167, Tomognathus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini; Harpagoxenus replacement name for Tomognathus Mayr, 1861)
  • Mayr, G. 1861. Die europäischen Formiciden. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien: C. Gerolds Sohn, 80 pp. (page 56, Tomognathus as genus; Tomognathus in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae])
  • 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 23, Tomognathus in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae])