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Apedunculata
| Apedunculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Apedunculata Enzmann, E.V., 1944 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudomyrma sericea, now Pseudomyrmex sericeus
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- APEDUNCULATA [junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex]
- Apedunculata Enzmann, E.V. 1944: 62 [as "branch" of Pseudomyrma]. Type-species: Pseudomyrma sericea, by original designation.
- Apedunculata junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex: Ward, 1990: 469.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 135, Apedunculata as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)
- Enzmann, E. V. 1944. Systematic notes on the genus Pseudomyrma. Psyche (Camb.) 51: 59-103 (page 62, Apedunculata [as “branch” of Pseudomyrma])
- Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 469, Apedunculata as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)