Formicoxenii

The tribe Formicoxenini belongs to the subfamily Myrmicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Formicoxenini genera, for species see Formicoxenini species.

Synopsis
Tribe FORMICOXENINI Formicoxenii Forel, 1893a: 164. Type-genus: Formicoxenus. Taxonomic history Formicoxenini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Forel, 1893a: 164 [Formicoxenii]; Bolton, 1994: 105.

Junior synonyms of FORMICOXENINI

Cardiocondylini Emery, 1914a: 36 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Cardiocondyla. Taxonomic history Cardiocondylini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 36; Arnold, 1916: 200; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 123; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 659; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Jaffe, 1993: 10. Cardiocondylini as junior synonym of Leptothoracini: Bolton, 1982: 311 (in text).

Stereomyrmicini Emery, 1914a: 36 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Stereomyrmex. Taxonomic history Stereomyrmicini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 36; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 656; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 53 [Stereomyrmecini]; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257 [Stereomyrmecini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80 [Stereomyrmecini]. Stereomyrmicini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.

Leptothoracini Emery, 1914a: 38 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Leptothorax. Taxonomic history Leptothoracini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 38; Arnold, 1916: 257; Forel, 1917: 244; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 659; Emery, 1924d: 244; all subsequent authors. Leptothoracini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.

Ochetomyrmicini Emery, 1914a: 38 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Ochetomyrmex. Taxonomic history Ochetomyrmicini as junior synonym of Solenopsidini: Kempf, 1975c: 358; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1991a: 133. Ochetomyrmicini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 38; Forel, 1917: 245; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 657; Emery, 1924d: 292; Kusnezov, 1964: 59; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 59; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257; Bolton, 1987: 266; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 14 Ochetomyrmicini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 2003: 68.

Podomyrmini Emery, 1924d: 236. Type-genus: Podomyrma. Taxonomic history Podomyrmini as subtribe of Myrmecinini: Emery, 1924d: 236. Podomyrmini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79. Podomyrmini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.

Solenomyrmini Donisthorpe, 1943g: 726. Type-genus: Solenomyrma (junior synonym of Gauromyrmex). Taxonomic history Solenomyrmini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 726. Solenomyrmini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 2003: 68.

Genera (extant) of Formicoxenini: Atopomyrmex, Cardiocondyla, Chalepoxenus, Dilobocondyla, Formicoxenus, Gauromyrmex, Harpagoxenus, Leptothorax, Myrmoxenus, Nesomyrmex, Ochetomyrmex, Peronomyrmex, Podomyrma, Poecilomyrma, Protomognathus, Romblonella, Rotastruma, Stereomyrmex, Temnothorax, Terataner, Vombisidris, Xenomyrmex.

Genus (extinct) in Formicoxenini: *Eocenomyrma

Genus (extant) incertae sedis in Formicoxenini: Tricytarus.

Genus (extinct) incertae sedis in Formicoxenini: *Stigmomyrmex.

Tribe Formicoxenini references Emery, 1914a: 42 (Leptothoracini, synoptic classification); Forel, 1917: 244 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1922e: 119 (Stereomyrmicini diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1922e: 123 (Cardiocondylini diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 664, 670 (Ochetomyrmicini, Leptothoracini genera keys); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 827, 885, 886, 889 (Afrotropical Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini catalogues); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1021, 1029 (Malagasy Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini catalogues); Emery, 1924d: 236 (Podomyrmini diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924d: 244 (Leptothoracini diagnosis, genera key, catalogue); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 54, 57 (Cardiocondylini, Leptothoracini larvae, review & synthesis); Kugler, C. 1978a: 440 (sting structure); Buschinger, 1981: 211 (socially parasitic taxa, relationships); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 (synoptic classification); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (synoptic classification); Brandão, 1991: 391 (Neotropical fauna, synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1041 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 12 (catalogue); Buschinger, 1997: 1 (Western Europe, socially parasitic species, review); Fernández, 2003d: 317 (Neotropical genera); Bolton, 2003: 68, 243 (diagnosis, synopsis).