Malacomyrma

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Malacomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Malacomyrma
Emery, 1922
Type species
Acropyga silvestrii

Acropyga silvestrii casent0178254 profile 1.jpg

Acropyga silvestrii casent0178254 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • MALACOMYRMA [junior synonym of Acropyga]
    • Malacomyrma Emery, 1922d: 109 [as subgenus of Acropyga]. Type-species: Acropyga silvestrii, by monotypy.
    • Malacomyrma junior synonym of Acropyga: LaPolla, 2004: 16.


References

  • Agosti, D. 1991. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 293-310. (page 296, Malacomyrma in Formicinae, Pseudolasius genus group)
  • Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 51, Malacomyrma as subgenus of Acropyga)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 95, Malacomyrma as subgenus of Acropyga)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 182, Malacomyrma as junior synonym of Acropyga [provisional])
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 109, Malacomyrma as subgenus of Acropyga)
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 30, Malacomyrma as subgenus of Acropyga)
  • Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 18, Malacomyrma as junior synonym of Acropyga)
  • LaPolla, J. S. 2004. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World. The American Entomological Institute 33(3): 1-130 (page 16, Malacomyrma as junior synonym of Acropyga)