Acropyga

Identification Keys
Australia

Nomenclature

 *  ACROPYGA [Formicinae: Lasiini]
 * Acropyga Roger, 1862a: 242. Type-species: Acropyga acutiventris, by monotypy.
 * Acropyga senior synonym of Atopodon, Malacomyrma, Rhizomyrma: LaPolla, 2004: 16. [The former subgenera were listed as junior synonyms in Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18, without reason; reverted to subgeneric status in Bolton, 1994: 51 pending revision; formally synonymised by LaPolla, above.]
 * ATOPODON [junior synonym of Acropyga]
 * Atopodon Forel, 1912m: 771 [as subgenus of Acropyga]. Type-species: Acropyga (Atopodon) inezae, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 79.
 * [Atopodon also described as new by Forel, 1913k: 100.]
 * Atopodon subgenus of Rhizomyrma: Forel, 1917: 249.
 * Atopodon raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 695.
 * Atopodon subgenus of Acropyga: Emery, 1925b: 30.
 * Atopodon junior synonym of Acropyga: LaPolla, 2004: 16.
 * MALACOMYRMA [junior synonym of Acropyga]
 * Malacomyrma Emery, 1922d: 109 [as subgenus of Acropyga]. Type-species: Acropyga silvestrii, by monotypy.
 * Malacomyrma junior synonym of Acropyga: LaPolla, 2004: 16.
 * RHIZOMYRMA [junior synonym of Acropyga]
 * Rhizomyrma Forel, 1893g: 347 [as subgenus of Acropyga]. Type-species: Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) goeldii, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 172.
 * Rhizomyrma raised to genus: Emery, 1906c: 182; Kusnezov, 1956: 33.
 * Rhizomyrma subgenus of Acropyga: Emery, 1925b: 29.
 * Rhizomyrma junior synonym of Acropyga: LaPolla, 2004: 16.