Dysedrognathus

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Dysedrognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Dysedrognathus
Taylor, 1968
Type species
Dysedrognathus extemenus, now Strumigenys extemena

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Specimen Labels

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Strumigenys.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • DYSEDROGNATHUS [junior synonym of Pyramica]
    • Dysedrognathus Taylor, 1968c: 132. Type-species: Dysedrognathus extemenus, by original designation.
    • Dysedrognathus junior synonym of Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1668; Bolton, 2000: 91.
    • Dysedrognathus junior synonym of Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 13; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 103.

References

  • Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 1994. First description of fossil Dacetini ants with a critical analysis of the current classification of the tribe (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VI: Dacetini). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd. Ser. B ( (page 13, Dysedrognathus as junior synonym of Strumigenys)
  • Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 33: 1639-1689 (page 1668, Dysedrognathus as junior synonym of Pyramica)
  • Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028 (page 91, Dysedrognathus as junior synonym of Pyramica)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 190, Dysedrognathus as junior synonym of Pyramica)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1968e. A new Malayan species of the ant genus Epitritus, and a related new genus from Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 7: 130-134 (page 132, Dysedrognathus in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)