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Pseudaphomomyrmex
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Tapinomini |
| Genus: | Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, W.M., 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Aphomomyrmex emeryi, now Tapinoma emeryi
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinoma.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PSEUDAPHOMOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
- Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53. Type-species: Aphomomyrmex emeryi, by original designation.
- Pseudaphomomyrmex junior synonym of Aphomomyrmex: Emery, 1925b: 44.
- Pseudaphomomyrmex revived from synonymy: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 214.
- Pseudaphomomyrmex in Dolichoderinae: LaPolla & Longino, 2006: 305.
- Pseudaphomomyrmex junior synonym of Tapinoma: Fisher & Bolton, 2007: 66.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 50, Pseudaphomomyrmex as genus; Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Brachymyrmecini)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 369, Pseudaphomomyrmex as genus)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 23, Pseudaphomomyrmex as genus; Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini)
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 214, Pseudaphomomyrmex revived from synonymy; Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 77, Pseudaphomomyrmex incertae sedis in Formicinae)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 721, Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Dimorphomyrmecini (error); Pseudaphomomyrmex junior synonym of Aphomomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 44, Pseudaphomomyrmex junior synonym of Aphomomyrmex)
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. (page 18, Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 258, Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Camb.) 27: 46-55 (page 53, Pseudaphomomyrmex as genus)
- 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 695, Pseudaphomomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini)