Nesomyrmex

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Nomenclature

 *  NESOMYRMEX [Myrmicinae: Formicoxenini]
 * Nesomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1910a: 259. Type-species: Nesomyrmex clavipilis, by monotypy.
 * Nesomyrmex subgenus of Leptothorax: Emery, 1915g: 24; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 679; Smith, M.R. 1950: 30; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 816; Kempf, 1959c: 393; Brown, 1971a: 4; Kempf, 1972a: 133; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1391.
 * Nesomyrmex as genus: Francoeur & Loiselle, 1988b: 43 (possibly valid); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14 [junior synonyms of Nesomyrmex left under Leptothorax]; Jaffe, 1993: 11.
 * Nesomyrmex junior synonym of Goniothorax: Emery, 1924d: 249; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 674. [Incorrect procedure as Goniothorax is a junior homonym for which Nesomyrmex is the first available replacement name, see Smith, M.R. 1950: 30.]
 * Nesomyrmex senior synonym of Caulomyrma: Emery, 1915g: 24; Forel, 1915c: 364.
 * Nesomyrmex senior synonym of Limnomyrmex: Brown, 1971a: 4.
 * Nesomyrmex senior synonym of Meia: Bolton, 1994: 105.
 * Nesomyrmex junior synonym of Leptothorax: Bolton, 1982: 319.
 * Nesomyrmex revived from synonymy with status as genus and senior synonym of Caulomyrma, Ireneopone, Limnomyrmex, Meia, Tetramyrma: Bolton, 2003: 249, 272.
 * CAULOMYRMA [junior synonym of Nesomyrmex]
 * Caulomyrma Forel, 1914d: 233 [as subgenus of Leptothorax]. Type-species: Leptothorax echinatinodis, by original designation.
 * Caulomyrma junior synonym of Nesomyrmex: [Forel, 1915c: 364 (provisional synonym)]; Emery, 1915g: 24.
 * [Caulomyrma and Nesomyrmex junior synonyms of Goniothorax: Emery, 1924d: 249 (incorrect procedure as Goniothorax is a junior homonym for which Nesomyrmex is the first available replacement name; see Smith, M.R. 1950: 30).]
 * GONIOTHORAX [junior homonym, see Nesomyrmex]
 * Goniothorax Emery, 1896g: 58 (diagnosis in key) [as subgenus of Leptothorax]. Type-species: Leptothorax vicinus, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 164. [Junior homonym of Goniothorax Milne-Edwards, 1879: 103 (Crustacea).]
 * Goniothorax Emery senior synonym of Caulomyrma, Nesomyrmex: Emery, 1924d: 249. Nesomyrmex is oldest junior synonym of Goniothorax Emery and hence first available replacement name: Smith, M.R. 1950: 30.
 * [Goniothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax: Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 139; Forel, 1917: 244; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 679; Emery, 1924d: 249; Creighton, 1950a: 259.]
 * IRENEOPONE [junior synonym of Nesomyrmex]
 * Ireneopone Donisthorpe, 1946d: 242. Type-species: Ireneopone gibber, by original designation.
 * Ireneopone junior synonym of Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 250, 272.
 * LIMNOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Nesomyrmex]
 * Limnomyrmex Arnold, 1948: 222. Type-species: Limnomyrmex stramineus, by original designation.
 * Limnomyrmex junior synonym of Nesomyrmex: Brown, 1971a: 4.
 * Limnomyrmex junior synonym of Leptothorax: Bolton, 1982: 319.
 * Limnomyrmex junior synonym of Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 250, 272.
 * MEIA [junior synonym of Nesomyrmex]
 * Meia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990: 5. [Unnecessary replacement name for Goniothorax Emery, 1896g: 58; junior homonym of Goniothorax Milne-Edwards, 1879: 103 (Crustacea).]
 * [Nesomyrmex is the first available replacement name for Goniothorax Emery, therefore Meia is automatically a junior synonym of Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 1994: 105.]
 * TETRAMYRMA [junior synonym of Nesomyrmex]
 * Tetramyrma Forel, 1912m: 766 [as subgenus of Dilobocondyla]. Type-species: Dilobocondyla (Tetramyrma) braunsi, by monotypy.
 * Tetramyrma raised to genus: Forel, 1913a: 122.
 * Tetramyrma junior synonym of Leptothorax: Bolton, 1982: 319.
 * Tetramyrma junior synonym of Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 249, 272.