Myrmespera
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Myrmespera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmespera Santschi, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus debellator | |
This is currently a subgenus of Camponotus. Please see Camponotus for further information.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMESPERA [subgenus of Camponotus]
- Myrmespera Santschi, 1926b: 247 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus (Myrmespera) debellator, by subsequent designation of Santschi, 1926c: 604.
References
The following references are based on the 2007 CD version of the Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 119, Myrmespera as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 247, Myrmespera as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Santschi, F. 1926c. Nouvelles notes sur les Campontous. Rev. Suisse Zool. 33: 597-618 (page 604, Type-species: Camponotus (Myrmespera) debellator, by subsequent designation)
