Andragnathus

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Andragnathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Andragnathus
Emery, 1922
Type species
Andragnathus hubrechti, now Nylanderia hubrechti

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Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ANDRAGNATHUS [junior synonym of Nylanderia]
    • Andragnathus Emery, 1922d: 111. Type-species: Andragnathus hubrechti, by monotypy.
    • Andragnathus junior synonym of Paratrechina: Agosti & Bolton, 1990a: 75.
    • Andragnathus junior synonym of Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 126.


References

  • Agosti, D.; Bolton, B. 1990a. The identity of Andragnathus, a forgotten formicine ant genus (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 126: 75-77.(page 75, Andragnathus as junior synonym of Paratrechina)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 104, Andragnathus as junior synonym of Paratrechina)
  • Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 197, Andragnathus in Formicinae, Formicini)
  • 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 622, Andragnathus in Formicinae, Acanthomyopsini)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 111, Andragnathus as genus)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 224, Andragnathus in Formicinae, Lasiini)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 258, Andragnathus in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini (error))