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Myrmicium
| †Myrmicium Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Embolemidae |
| Genus: | †Myrmicium Westwood, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicium heerii | |
This genus has been transferred to the family †Pseudosiricidae.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †MYRMICIUM [Symphyta]
- †Myrmicium Westwood, 1854: 396. Type-species: †Myrmicium heerii, by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
- †Myrmicium in Formicidae, Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 37 (anachronism).
- †Myrmicium excluded from Formicidae: transferred to †Myrmiciidae (Symphyta) by Maa, 1949: 17; Rasnitsyn, 1969: 17; Jarzembowski, 1993: 179.
- †Myrmicium excluded from Formicidae: transferred to †Pseudosiricidae (Symphyta) by Handlirsch, 1906: 577; Abe & Smith, D.R. 1991: 53; Bolton, 2003: 264.
- †Myrmicium as junior synonym of †Pseudosirex: Handlirsch, 1906: 577.
- †Myrmicium as junior synonym of Myrmica: Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Forel, 1915d: 9.
- †Myrmicium as genus: Westwood, 1854: 396; Maa, 1949: 17; Rasnitsyn, 1969: 17; Jarzembowski, 1993: 179; Bolton, 1995b: 37; Bolton, 2003: 264.
- [†Myrmecium: incorrect subsequent spelling by Dalla Torre, 1893: 108; Forel, 1915d: 9.]
References
- Abe, M. & Smith, D.R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115. PDF
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1971b. Einige Homonymien in der Familie Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 44: 360-362 (page 362, Promyrmicium Baroni Urbani replacement name for *Myrmicium Heer.)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 264, Myrmicium synonym of Promyrmicium)
- Heer, O. 1870. Die Miocene Flora und Fauna Spitzbergens. K. Sven. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n.s. 3)8(7 7: 1-98 (page 78, Myrmicium Heer, junior homonym of Myrmicium Westwood, 1854: 396 (Pseudosiricidae))
- Abe, M.; Smith, D. R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115 (page 53, Myrmicium in Pseudosiricidae)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 37, Myrmicium in Myrmicinae (anachronism); Myrmicium as genus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 264, Myrmicium excluded from Formicidae (Symphyta))
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 108, Myrmicium in Myrmicinae (as Myrmecium, incorrect subsequent spelling); Myrmicium as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- Forel, A. 1915d. Fauna insectorum helvetiae. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Die Ameisen der Schweiz. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 12(B Beilage: 1-77 (page 9, Myrmicium as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- Handlirsch, A. 1906. Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. Lieferung 4. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pp. 481-640. (page 577, Myrmicium in Pseudosiricidae; Myrmicium as junior synonym of Pseudosirex)
- Westwood, J. O. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 10: 378-396 (page 396, Myrmicium as genus)