Gauromyrmex

Bolton (2003 p 269) states there are a number of undescribed species in the British Museum. Also: “all known species are arboreal and are size variable to weakly polymorphic.”

Identification
Small workers, brown with darker gaster. Similar to Vollenhovia but with 11-segmented antennae and a bidentate propodeum. Vollenhovia possess a 12-segmented antennae and an unarmed, or at most just slightly toothed, propodeum.

Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). View Data



Nomenclature

 *  GAUROMYRMEX [Myrmicinae: Formicoxenini]
 * Gauromyrmex Menozzi, 1933c: 146. Type-species: Gauromyrmex bengakalisi, by monotypy.
 * Gauromyrmex senior synonym of Acalama, Solenomyrma: Brown, 1953c: 10.
 * Gauromyrmex junior synonym of Vollenhovia: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Bolton, 1994: 105.
 * Gauromyrmex revived from synonymy: Bolton, 2003: 246, 269.
 * ACALAMA [junior synonym of Gauromyrmex]
 * Acalama Smith, M.R. 1949a: 206. Type-species: Acalama donisthorpei (junior synonym of Solenomyrma acanthina), by original designation.
 * Acalama junior synonym of Gauromyrmex: Brown, 1953c: 10.
 * SOLENOMYRMA [junior synonym of Gauromyrmex]
 * Solenomyrma Karavaiev, 1935a: 103. Type-species: Solenomyrma acanthina, by monotypy.
 * Solenomyrma junior synonym of Gauromyrmex: Brown, 1953c: 10.