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Xiphocrema
| Xiphocrema | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Xiphocrema Forel, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Crematogaster tetracantha
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster (Crematogaster).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- XIPHOCREMA [junior synonym of Crematogaster (Crematogaster)]
- Xiphocrema Forel, 1913k: 80 [as subgenus of Crematogaster]. Type-species: Crematogaster tetracantha, by subsequent designation of Emery, 1922e: 138.
- Xiphocrema raised to genus: Soulié, 1964: 398.
- Xiphocrema junior synonym of Crematogaster: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.
- Xiphocrema subgenus of Crematogaster: Bolton, 1995b: 50.
- Xiphocrema junior synonym of Crematogaster (Crematogaster): Blaimer 2012: 53.
References
- Blaimer, B.B. 2012. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482, 47–67.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 50, Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 239, Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster)
- 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. Wash (page 185, Xiphocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster [provisional])
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 138, Type-species: Crematogaster tetracantha, by subsequent designation; Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster)
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 80, Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 242, Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 13, Xiphocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster)
- 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 Pr (page 1376, Xiphocrema as junior synonym of Crematogaster)
- Soulié, J. 1964. Sur la répartition géographique des genres de la tribu des Cremastogastrini. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 99: 397-409 (page 398, Xiphocrema as genus)
- 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 662, Xiphocrema as subgenus of Crematogaster)