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Rhopalomyrmex
| †Rhopalomyrmex Temporal range: Fossil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | †Rhopalomyrmex Mayr, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Plagiolepis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †RHOPALOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Plagiolepis]
- †Rhopalomyrmex Mayr, 1868c: 41. Type-species: †Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus, by monotypy.
- †Rhopalomyrmex junior synonym of Plagiolepis: Dlussky, 1997: 59.
References
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 51, Rhopalomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 105, 268, Rhopalomyrmex as junior synonym of Plagiolepis; Plagiolepis senior synonym of Anacantholepis)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 175, Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1997b. Genera of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 31: 616-627 (page 624, Rhopalomyrmex as junior synonym of Plagiolepis)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 721-737 (page 724, Rhopalomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini)
- Forel, A. 1878c. Études myrmécologiques en 1878 (première partie) avec l'anatomie du gésier des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 15: 337-392 (page 376, Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae [Camponotidae])
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 89, Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini)
- Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 41, Rhopalomyrmex in Formicinae [Formicidae])
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 143, Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini)
- Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 103, Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini)