Propodomyrma

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Propodomyrma
Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Propodomyrma
Wheeler, W.M., 1910
Type species
Propodomyrma samlandica (junior synonym of †Vollenhovia beyrichi)

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

Nomenclature

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

  • PROPODOMYRMA [junior synonym of Vollenhovia]
    • Propodomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 163 (by indication). Type-species: †Propodomyrma samlandica (junior synonym of †Macromischa beyrichi), by monotypy.
    • [†Propodomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1908g: 413. Nomen nudum.]
    • Propodomyrma junior synonym of Vollenhovia: Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 51.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 206, Propodomyrma as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 163, Propodomyrma as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1908k. Comparative ethology of the European and North American ants. J. Psychol. Neurol. 13: 404-435 (page 413, nomen nudum)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 163, Propodomyrma; (by indication) as genus)
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 51, Propodomyrma as junior synonym of Vollenhovia)