Oreomyrma

Oreomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Oreomyrma; Wheeler, W.M., 1914
Type species
	Formica rubida, now Manica rubida Specimen Label;

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.

OREOMYRMA [junior synonym of Manica]
- Oreomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1914d: 118 [as subgenus of Myrmica]. Type-species: Formica rubida, by original designation.
- Oreomyrma junior synonym of Neomyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1915a: 50; Donisthorpe, 1916b: 242.
- Oreomyrma junior synonym of Manica: Emery, 1921f: 42.

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 221, Oreomyrma as junior synonym of Manica [As Manica and Oreomyrma share the same type-species; synonymy is absolute.])
Donisthorpe, H. 1916d. Synonymy of some genera of ants. [part]. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 28: 241-244 (page 242, Oreomyrma junior synonym of Neomyrma)
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 42, Oreomyrma junior synonym of Manica)
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, Oreomyrma as junior synonym of Neomyrma)
Forel, A. 1915d. Fauna insectorum helvetiae. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Die Ameisen der Schweiz. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 12(B Beilage: 1-77 (page 9, Oreomyrma as junior synonym of Neomyrma)
Wheeler, W. M. 1914e. The American species of Myrmica allied to M. rubida Latreille. Psyche (Camb.) 21: 118-122 (page 118, Oreomyrma; (in text) as subgenus of Myrmica)
Wheeler, W. M. 1915a. Neomyrma versus Oreomyrma. A correction. Psyche (Camb.) 22: 50 (page 50, Oreomyrma as junior synonym of Neomyrma)