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Paramyrmica
| Paramyrmica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Paramyrmica Cole, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Paramyrmica colax, now Myrmica colax
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmica.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PARAMYRMICA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
- Paramyrmica Cole, 1957a: 37. Type-species: Paramyrmica colax, by original designation.
- Paramyrmica junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3.
References
- Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 13: 1-11 (page 3, Paramyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica )
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 222, Paramyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica )
- 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, Paramyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica (provisional))
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1957a. Paramyrmica, a new North American genus of ants allied to Myrmica Latreille. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 32: 37-42 (page 37, Paramyrmica as genus)
- Gregg, R. E. 1961. The status of certain myrmicine ants in western North America with a consideration of the genus Paramyrmica Cole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 69: 209-220 (page 215, Paramyrmica as genus)
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2003a. A taxonomic revision of the socially parasitic Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Palaearctic region. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 53: 217-243 (page 219, Paramyrmica as junior synonym of Myrmica )
- 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 1351, Paramyrmica as genus)
- Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2(suppl. 2):1-584. (page 350, Paramyrmica as genus)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 257, Paramyrmica in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)