Gesomyrmecini
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| Gesomyrmecini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Gesomyrmecini Ashmead, 1905 |
| Type genus | |
| Gesomyrmex | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 genera 7 species 2 fossil genera 14 fossil species | |
| Synonyms | |
Contents
Identification
List of Genera
Extant Genera
Fossil Genera
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- GESOMYRMECINI [tribe of Formicinae]
- Gesomyrmicinae Ashmead, 1905b: 384. Type-genus: Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868b: 50.
Taxonomic History
- Gesomyrmecini as subfamily of Formicidae: Ashmead, 1905b: 384 [Gesomyrmicinae].
- Gesomyrmecini as tribe of Formicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 12 (in text); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 62; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 258 [Gesomyrmecini]; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 2003: 23, 107; Ward, et al. 2016: 347.
- Gesomyrmecini as senior synonym of Dimorphomyrmecini: Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 12 [Gesomyrmecini retains priority over Dimorphomyrmecini under Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th Edition), 1999: 46.].
- Gesomyrmecini as senior synonym of Gesomyrmini Forel: Bolton, 1994: 50.
- Gesomyrmecini as senior synonym of †Sicelomyrmecini: Bolton, 2003: 23, 107; Ward, et al. 2016: 347.
