Promyrma

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Promyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Liomyrmecini
Genus: Promyrma
Forel, 1912
Type species
Promyrma butteli (junior synonym of Liomyrmex gestroi)

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Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • PROMYRMA [junior synonym of Liomyrmex]
    • Promyrma Forel, 1912m: 764. Type-species: Promyrma butteli (junior synonym of Laparomyrmex gestroi), by monotypy.
    • Promyrma junior synonym of Liomyrmex: Forel, 1913k: 26; Emery, 1921f: 191.


References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 241, Promyrma as junior synonym of Liomyrmex)
  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 191, Promyrma as junior synonym of Liomyrmex)
  • Forel, A. 1912n. Descriptions provisoires de genres, sous-genres, et espèces de Formicides des Indes orientales. Rev. Suisse Zool. 20: 761-774 (page 764, Promyrma as genus)
  • Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 26, Promyrma as junior synonym of Liomyrmex)
  • 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 683, Promyrma as junior synonym of Liomyrmex (in key))