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Hoplomyrmus
| Hoplomyrmus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Hoplomyrmus Gerstäcker, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Hoplomyrmus schistaceus, now Polyrhachis schistacea
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrma.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- HOPLOMYRMUS [junior synonym of Myrma]
- Hoplomyrmus Gerstäcker, 1859: 262. Type-species: Hoplomyrmus schistaceus, by monotypy.
- [Hoplomyrmus also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 508.]
- Hoplomyrmus junior synonym of Polyrhachis: Roger, 1861b: 174; Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1863: 446; Dalla Torre, 1893: 257.
- Hoplomyrmus junior synonym of Myrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 993; Emery, 1925b: 198; Bolton, 1973b: 288.
References
- Bolton, B. 1973b. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 28: 283-369 (page 288, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Myrma)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 123, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Myrma)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 257, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Polyrhachis)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 198, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Myrma)
- Gerstäcker, A. 1859. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Hr. Peters berichtete über sein Reisewerk, von dem die Insecten bis zum 64., die Botanik bis zum 34. Bogen gedruckt sind und theilte den Schluss der Diagnosen der von Hrn. Dr. Gerstäcker bearbeiteten Hymeno (page 262, Hoplomyrmus as genus)
- Gerstäcker, A. 1862. Hymenoptera Hautflügler. Pp. 439-526 in: Peters, W. C. H. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin: G. Reimer, 21 + 566 (page 508, Hoplomyrmus also described as new)
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 446, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Polyrhachis)
- Roger, J. 1861b. Myrmicologische Nachlese. Berl. Entomol. Z. 5: 163-174 (page 174, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Polyrhachis)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 6, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Polyrhachis)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1911c. Three formicid names which have been overlooked. Science (N. Y.) (n.s.) 33: 858-860 (page 860, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Myrma)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 993, Hoplomyrmus as junior synonym of Myrma)