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Macromischoides
| Macromischoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Macromischoides Wheeler, W.M., 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Macromischa aculeata, now Tetramorium aculeatum
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetramorium.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MACROMISCHOIDES [junior synonym of Tetramorium]
- Macromischoides Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53. Type-species: Macromischa aculeata, by original designation.
- [Macromichoides Santschi, 1924b: 206, incorrect subsequent spelling.]
- Macromischoides junior synonym of Tetramorium: Bolton, 1976: 359; Bolton, 1980: 196.
References
- Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 (page 248, Macromischoides as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 34: 281-379 (page 359, Macromischoides as junior synonym of Tetramorium)
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 34: 281-379 (page 359, Macromischoides as junior synonym of Tetramorium)
- Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 40: 193-384 (page 196, Macromischoides as junior synonym of Tetramorium)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 227, Macromischoides as junior synonym of Tetramorium)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 80, Macromischoides as genus (anachronism))
- Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 12: 195-224 (page 206, 207, Macromischoides as genus; Macromischoides in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 257, Macromischoides in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini (anachronism))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Camb.) 27: 46-55 (page 53, Macromischoides as genus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 187, Macromischoides as genus)
- 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, Macromischoides in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)