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Mychothorax
| Mychothorax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Mychothorax Ruzsky, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Formica acervorum, now Leptothorax acervorum
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptothorax.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYCHOTHORAX [junior synonym of Leptothorax]
- Mychothorax Ruzsky, 1904a: 288. Type-species: Formica acervorum, by original designation.
- Mychothorax subgenus of Leptothorax: Ruzsky, 1905b: 609; Emery, 1915g: 24.
- Mychothorax junior synonym of Leptothorax: Smith, M.R. 1950: 29.
- [Leptothorax and Mychothorax share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]
References
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 319, Mychothorax as junior synonym of Leptothorax)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 247, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax [Leptothorax and Mycothorax share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.])
- 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, Mychothorax as junior synonym of Leptothorax (provisional))
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 274, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)
- Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 24, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)
- Emery, C. 1916a [1915]. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 47: 79-275 (page 176, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 260, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 245, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)
- Ruzsky, M. 1904a. On ants from Archangel province. Zap. Imp. Rus. Geogr. Obshch. Obshch. Geogr. 41: 287-294 (page 288, Mychothorax as genus)
- Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 609, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)
- Smith, M. R. 1950a. On the status of Leptothorax Mayr and some of its subgenera. Psyche (Camb.) 57: 29-30 (page 29, Mychothorax as junior synonym of Leptothorax)
- 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 679, Mychothorax as subgenus of Leptothorax)