Heteromyrmex Zhang

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Heteromyrmex
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Heteromyrmex
Zhang, J., 1989
Type species
Heteromyrmex atopogaster, now Zhangidris atopogaster

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Zhangidris.

Nomenclature

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

  • HETEROMYRMEX [junior homonym, see †Zhangidris]
    • Heteromyrmex Zhang, J. 1989: 271. Type-species: †Heteromyrmex atopogaster, by original designation. [Junior homonym of Heteromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920.]
    • Heteromyrmex transferred from Myrmicinae to Formicinae: Hong, Wu & Ren, 2001: 347.
    • Zhangidris Bolton, 2003: 259, replacement name for †Heteromyrmex Zhang.

References

  • Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 271, fig. 274 male? described)