Formicoxenus
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Formicoxenus | |
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Formicoxenus nitidulus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 |
Type species | |
Myrmica nitidula, now Formicoxenus nitidulus | |
Diversity | |
7 species (Species Checklist) | |
Synonyms | |
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Based on Ward et al. (2014) and Blaimer et al. (2018). |
Contents
Identification
Keys including this Genus
Keys to Species in this Genus
Distribution
Distribution and Richness based on AntMaps
Biology
Castes
Morphology
Worker Morphology
• Antennal segment count 11 • Antennal club 3 • Palp formula 5,3; 4,3 • Total dental count 5-6 • Spur formula 0, 0 • Sting present
Male Morphology
• Antennal segment count 12 • Antennal club 0 in alates; gradual in ergatoids • Palp formula 5,3; 4,3 • Total dental count 0-4 • Spur formula 0, 0 • Caste alates/intermediates/ergatoids
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- FORMICOXENUS [Myrmicinae: Formicoxenini]
- Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855: 413. Type-species: Myrmica nitidula, by monotypy.
- Formicoxenus junior synonym of Stenamma: Mayr, 1863: 422; Roger, 1863b: 25.
- Formicoxenus revived status as genus: André, 1882c: 273.
- Formicoxenus senior synonym of Symmyrmica: Francoeur, Loiselle & Buschinger, 1985: 347.
- SYMMYRMICA [junior synonym of Formicoxenus]
- Symmyrmica Wheeler, W.M. 1904a: 3. Type-species: Symmyrmica chamberlini, by monotypy.
- Symmyrmica junior synonym of Formicoxenus: Francoeur, Loiselle & Buschinger, 1985: 347.
References
- André, E. 1882d. Les fourmis. [part]. Pp. 233-280 in: André, Edm. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp. (page 273, Formicoxenus as genus)
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 383, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Stenammini)
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 105, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 246, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini; Formicoxenus as genus)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 180, Formicoxenus provisional junior synonym of Leptothorax)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 62, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 769, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Emery, C. 1914e. Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 18: 29-42 (page 42, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 264, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
- Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 5: 441-481 (page 457, Formicoxenus as junior synonym of Stenamma)
- Forel, A. 1893b. Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 161-167 (page 165, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 245, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
- Francoeur, A.; Loiselle, R.; Buschinger, A. 1985. Biosystématique de la tribu Leptothoracini (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). 1. Le genre Formicoxenus dans la région holarctique. Nat. Can. (Qué.) 112: 343-403 (page 343, 347, Formicoxenus valid genus, senior synonym of Symmyrmica, and revision of genus)
- Mayr, G. 1855. Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ver. Wien 5: 273-478 (page 413, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae [Myrmicidae])
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 422, Formicoxenus as junior synonym of Stenamma)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 25, Formicoxenus as junior synonym of Stenamma)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 139, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 664, Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)