Archaeomyrmecini

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Archaeomyrmecini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Archaeomyrmecini
Mann, 1921
Type genus
Archaeomyrmex

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ARCHAEOMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
    • Archaeomyrmecini Mann, 1921: 449. Type-genus: Archaeomyrmex Mann, 1921: 448 (junior synonym of Myrmecina Curtis, 1829: 265).

Taxonomic History

  • Archaeomyrmecini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Mann, 1921: 449; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 656.
  • Archaeomyrmecini as junior synonym of Myrmecinini: Brown, 1971a: 2.
  • Archaeomyrmecini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77 [by implication as Myrmecinini synonymised under Crematogastrini].

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