Megalomyrmex

Species richness
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Nomenclature

 *  MEGALOMYRMEX [Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini]
 * Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885a: 371. Type-species: Megalomyrmex leoninus, by monotypy.
 * [Type-species not Formica bituberculata, unjustified subsequent designation by Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 167.]
 * Megalomyrmex senior synonym of Cepobroticus, Wheelerimyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 101; Brandão, 1990: 415.
 * CEPOBROTICUS [junior synonym of Megalomyrmex]
 * Cepobroticus Wheeler, W.M. 1925d: 168 [as subgenus of Megalomyrmex]. Type-species: Megalomyrmex (Cepobroticus) symmetochus, by monotypy.
 * Cepobroticus junior synonym of Megalomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 101; Brandão, 1990: 415.
 * WHEELERIMYRMEX [junior synonym of Megalomyrmex]
 * Wheelerimyrmex Mann, 1922: 29 [as subgenus of Megalomyrmex]. Type-species: Megalomyrmex silvestrii, by original designation.
 * Wheelerimyrmex junior synonym of Megalomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 101; Brandão, 1990: 415.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Brandao 2003.pdf|Brandão, C. R. F. 2003. Further revisionary studies on the ant gentus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 43: 145-159 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Longino 2010.pdf|Longino, J.T. 2010. A taxonomic review of the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel in Central America. Zootaxa 2720: 35-58. PDF]]