Xenometra

Xenometra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Xenometra; Emery, 1917
Type species
	Xenometra monilicornis (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla emeryi) Specimen Label;

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

Nomenclature

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

XENOMETRA [junior synonym of Cardiocondyla]
- Xenometra Emery, 1917a: 96. Type-species: Xenometra monilicornis (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla emeryi), by monotypy.
- Xenometra junior synonym of Cardiocondyla: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 199; Marikovsky & Yakushin, 1974: 60.

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973a. Die Gattung Xenometra, ein objektives Synonym (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 46: 199-201 (page 199, Xenometra as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 244, Xenometra as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)
Emery, C. 1917a. Questions de nomenclature et synonymies relatives à quelques genres et espèces de Formicides (Hym.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1917: 94-97 (page 96, Xenometra as genus)
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 126, Xenometra in Myrmicinae, Cardiocondylini)
Marikovsky, P. I.; Yakushkin, V. T. 1974. The ant Cardiocondyla uljanini Em., 1889 and the systematic status of the "Xenometra parasitic ant". Izv. Akad. Nauk Kaz. SSR Ser. Biol. 3: 57-62 (page 60, Xenometra as junior synonym of Cardiocondyla)
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 661, Xenometra in Myrmicinae, Cardiocondylini)