Nystalomyrma

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Nystalomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Nystalomyrma
Wheeler, W.M., 1916
Type species
Myrmica longiceps, now Aphaenogaster longiceps

Aphaenogaster longiceps side view

Aphaenogaster longiceps top view

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • NYSTALOMYRMA [junior synonym of Aphaenogaster]
    • Nystalomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1916j: 215 [as subgenus of Aphaenogaster]. Type-species: Myrmica longiceps, by original designation.
    • Nystalomyrma junior synonym of Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1982: 364.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 364, Nystalomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 230, Nystalomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 183, Nystalomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster (provisional))
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 676, Nystalomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 61, Nystalomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209. (page 1359, Nystalomyrma as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1916n. The Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40: 213-223 (page 215, Nystalomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • 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 680, Nystalomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)