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Parasima
| Parasima | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Parasima Donisthorpe, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Not required | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetraponera.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PARASIMA [junior synonym of Tetraponera]
- Parasima Donisthorpe, 1948d: 592 [as subgenus of Tetraponera]. [Unnecessary replacement name for Sima in the sense of Emery, 1921f: 23.]
- Parasima junior synonym of Tetraponera: Ward, 1990: 470.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 136, Parasima as junior synonym of Tetraponera)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1948d. A third instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(14): 589-604 (page 592, Parasima as subgenus of Tetraponera)
- Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 470, Parasima as junior synonym of Tetraponera)