Paranamyrma

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Paranamyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Paranamyrma
Kusnezov, 1953
Type species
Paranamyrma solenopsidis, now Solenopsis solenopsidis

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

Nomenclature

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

  • PARANAMYRMA [junior synonym of Solenopsis]
    • Paranamyrma Kusnezov, 1953d: 17. Type-species: Paranamyrma solenopsidis, by monotypy.
    • [Paranamyrma also described as new by Kusnezov, 1954a: 9.]
    • Paranamyrma junior synonym of Solenopsis: Ettershank, 1966: 134.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 218, Paranamyrma as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 134, Paranamyrma as junior synonym of Solenopsis)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1953g. Bisolenopsis sea. Un nuevo género y especie de hormigas y sus relaciones con los géneros vecinos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mem. Mus. Entre Ríos 31: 7-44 (page 17, Paranamyrma as genus)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1954a. Un género nuevo de hormigas (Paranamyrma solenopsidis nov. gen. nov. sp.) y los problemas relacionados (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mem. Mus. Entre Ríos 30: 7-21 (page 9, Paranamyrma also described as new)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1957b. Die Solenopsidinen-Gattungen von Südamerika (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Anz. 158: 266-280 (page 267, Paranamyrma in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini (in key))
  • Kusnezov, N. 1962b. Una nueva especie del género Brownidris Kusnezov (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 18: 155-161 (page 160, Paranamyrma in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1964 [1963]. Zoogeografía de las hormigas en Sudamérica. Acta Zool. Lilloana 19: 25-186 (page 61, Paranamyrma in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini)