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Decamera
| Decamera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Decamera Roger, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Decamera nigella, now Myrmelachista nigella
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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Myrmelachista (the senior synonym of Hincksidris).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- DECAMERA [junior homonym, see Hincksidris]
- Decamera Roger, 1863a: 166. Type-species: Decamera nigella, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Decamera Mulsant, 1842: 503 (Coleoptera).]
- Decamera junior synonym of Myrmelachista: Forel, 1878: 376; Mayr, 1887: 525; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174.
- Decamera subgenus of Myrmelachista: Forel, 1886f: 214; Forel, 1917: 249; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 696; Emery, 1925b: 32.
- Hincksidris Donisthorpe, 1944b: 59, replacement name for Decamera Roger.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 103, [Decamera Roger junior homonym of Decamera Mulsant, 1842:503 (Coleoptera).])
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 174, Decamera as junior synonym of Myrmelachista)
- 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 59, Hincksidris as replacement name; Decamera as subgenus of Myrmelachista)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 32, Decamera as subgenus of Myrmelachista)
- Forel, A. 1878c. Études myrmécologiques en 1878 (première partie) avec l'anatomie du gésier des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 15: 337-392 (page 376, Decamera as junior synonym of Myrmelachista)
- Forel, A. 1886a. Einige Ameisen aus Itajahy (Brasilien). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 7: 210-217 (page 214, Decamera as subgenus of Myrmelachista)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 249, Decamera in Cammponotinae, Myrmelachistini; Decamera as subgenus of Myrmelachista)
- Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. (page 10, Decamera in Formicinae [Formicidae])
- Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 525, Decamera as junior synonym of Myrmelachista)
- Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 166, Decamera 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 696, Decamera as subgenus of Myrmelachista)