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

Identification

List of Genera

Extant Genera

Gesomyrmex

Fossil Genera

ProdimorphomyrmexSicelomyrmex

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.

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