Myrmicium Heer

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Myrmicium
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Embolemidae
Genus: Myrmicium
Heer, 1870
Type species
Myrmicium boreale, now Promyrmicium boreale

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Promyrmicium.

Nomenclature

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

  • MYRMICIUM [junior homonym, see †Promyrmicium]
    • Myrmicium Heer, 1870: 78. Type-species: †Myrmicium boreale Heer, 1870: 78, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

  • [Junior homonym of †Myrmicium Westwood, 1854: 396 (†Pseudosiricidae).]
  • Promyrmicium Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 362, replacement name for †Myrmicium Heer.

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