Aporomyrmex
Aporomyrmex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Aporomyrmex Faber, 1969 |
Type species | |
Aporomyrmex ampeloni, now Plagiolepis ampeloni
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Plagiolepis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- APOROMYRMEX [junior synonym of Plagiolepis]
- Aporomyrmex Faber, 1969: 52. Type-species: Aporomyrmex ampeloni, by original designation.
- Aporomyrmex junior synonym of Plagiolepis: Bolton, 1994: 51.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 51, Aporomyrmex as junior synonym of Plagiolepis )
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 105, Aporomyrmex as junior synonym of Plagiolepis )
- 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 178, Aporomyrmex as junior synonym of Plagiolepis (provisional))
- Faber, W. 1969. Beiträge zur Kenntnis sozialparasitischer Ameisen. 2. Aporomyrmex ampeloni nov. gen., nov. spec. (Hym. Formicidae), ein neuer permanenter Sozialparasit bei Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki aus Österreich. Pflanzenschutz Ber. 39: 39-100 (page 52, Aporomyrmex in Formicinae (by implication))