Emeryia

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Emeryia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Emeryia
Forel, 1890
Type species
Emeryia wroughtonii, now Cardiocondyla wroughtonii

Cardiocondyla wroughtonii casent0102969 profile 1.jpg

Cardiocondyla wroughtonii casent0102969 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • EMERYIA [junior synonym of Cardiocondyla]
    • Emeryia Forel, 1890b: cx. Type-species: Emeryia wroughtonii, by monotypy.
    • Emeryia junior synonym of Cardiocondyla: Forel, 1892h: 461; Forel, 1892i: 313.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 244, Emeryia as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 70, Emeryia as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)
  • Forel, A. 1890c. Aenictus-Typhlatta découverte de M. Wroughton. Nouveaux genres de Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:cii-cxiv. (page cx, Emeryia as genus)
  • Forel, A. 1892h. Le mâle des Cardicondyla [sic] et la reproduction consanguine perpétuée. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36: 458-461 (page 461, Emeryia as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)
  • Forel, A. 1892j. Die Ameisenfauna Bulgariens. (Nebst biologischen Beobachtungen.). Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 42: 305-318 (page 313, Emeryia as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)