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Eremnocystus
| Eremnocystus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Eremnocystus Snelling, R.R., 1976 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecocystus creightoni
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmecocystus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- EREMNOCYSTUS [junior synonym of Myrmecocystus]
- Eremnocystus Snelling, R.R. 1976: 92 [as subgenus of Myrmecocystus]. Type-species: Myrmecocystus creightoni, by original designation.
- Eremnocystus junior synonym of Myrmecocystus: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 403.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 99, Eremnocystus as junior synonym of Myrmecocystus)
- Snelling, R. R. 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angel. Cty. Sci. Bull. 24: 1-163 (page 92, Eremnocystus as subgenus of Myrmecocystus)
- Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp. (page 403, Eremnocystus as junior synonym of Myrmecocystus)