Neomyrma

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Neomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Neomyrma
Forel, 1914
Type species
Aphaenogaster calderoni (junior synonym of Manica bradleyi)

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • NEOMYRMA [junior synonym of Manica]
    • Neomyrma Forel, 1914a: 275 [as subgenus of Aphaenogaster]. Type-species: Aphaenogaster (Neomyrma) calderoni (junior synonym of Myrmica bradleyi), by monotypy.
    • Neomyrma subgenus of Myrmica: Emery, 1915d: 69; Emery, 1916b: 120.
    • Neomyrma senior synonym of Oreomyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1915a: 50; Forel, 1915c: 364; Forel, 1915d: 9; Donisthorpe, 1916b: 242.
    • Neomyrma junior synonym of Myrmica: Donisthorpe, 1916b: 242.
    • Neomyrma raised to genus: Bondroit, 1918: 97.
    • Neomyrma junior synonym of Manica: Emery, 1921f: 42.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 221, Neomyrma as junior synonym of Manica)
  • Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 97, Neomyrma as genus)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1916d. Synonymy of some genera of ants. [part]. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 28: 241-244 (page 242, Neomyrma as junior synonym of Myrmica; Neomyrma senior synonym of Oreomyrma)
  • Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 19: 67-75 (page 69, Neomyrma as subgenus of Myrmica)
  • Emery, C. 1916a [1915]. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 47: 79-275 (page 120, Neomyrma as subgenus of Myrmica)
  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 42, Neomyrma as junior synonym of Manica)
  • Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 275, Neomyrma as subgenus of Aphaenogaster)
  • Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 335-364 (page 364, Neomyrma as subgenus of Myrmica (in text); Neomyrma senior synonym of Oreomyrma)
  • Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 241, Neomyrma as subgenus of Myrmica)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1915a. Neomyrma versus Oreomyrma. A correction. Psyche (Camb.) 22: 50 (page 50, Neomyrma senior synonym of Oreomyrma)
  • 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 660, Neomyrma as junior synonym of Manica)