Gaesomyrmex

Gaesomyrmex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Gesomyrmecini
Genus:	Gaesomyrmex Dalla Torre, 1893
Type species
Not required

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

Nomenclature

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

• GAESOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Gesomyrmex]
  • Gaesomyrmex Dalla Torre, 1893: 175, unjustified emendation of Gesomyrmex.
  • Gaesomyrmex junior synonym of Gesomyrmex: Forel, 1893a: 167.

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 108, Gaesomyrmex as junior synonym of Gesomyrmex)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 175, Gaesomyrmex; Unjustified emendation of Gesomyrmex)
• Forel, A. 1893b. Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 161-167 (page 167, Gaesomyrmex as junior synonym of Gesomyrmex)