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Myrmecopsis
| Myrmecopsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Myrmecopsis Smith, F., 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Formica (Myrmecopsis) respiciens, now Opisthopsis respiciens
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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Opisthopsis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMECOPSIS [junior homonym, see Opisthopsis]
- Myrmecopsis Smith, F. 1865: 68 [as subgenus of Formica]. Type-species: Formica (Myrmecopsis) respiciens, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Myrmecopsis Newman, 1850: cxxii (Lepidoptera).]
- Myrmecopsis raised to genus: Mayr, 1876: 76.
- Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893: 219, replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith, F.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 122, Myrmecopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini [Opisthopsis is replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith])
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 219, Opisthopsis Dalla Torre replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith, F. )
- Forel, A. 1878c. Études myrmécologiques en 1878 (première partie) avec l'anatomie du gésier des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 15: 337-392 (page 369, Myrmecopsis in Camponotinae [Camponotidae])
- Forel, A. 1893b. Sur la classification de la famille des Formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 161-167 (page 165, Myrmecopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini)
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 76, Myrmecopsis as genus)
- Smith, F. 1865a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 8: 61-94 (page 68, Myrmecopsis as subgenus of Formica)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 144, Myrmecopsis as genus (anachronism))