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Sifolinia
| Sifolinia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Sifolinia Emery, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Sifolinia laurae, now Myrmica laurae
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmica.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- SIFOLINIA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
- Sifolinia Emery, 1907: 49. Type-species: Sifolinia laurae, by monotypy.
- Sifolinia senior synonym of Symbiomyrma: Samsinak, 1964: 156.
- Sifolinia junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3.
References
- Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 13: 1-11 (page 3, Sifolinia as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 222, Sifolinia as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 184, Sifolinia as junior synonym of Myrmica [provisional])
- Collingwood, C. A. 1979. The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomol. Scand. 8: 1-174 (page 58, Sifolinia in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- 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 79, Sifolinia in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- Emery, C. 1907. Una formica nuova italiana spettante ad un nuovo genere. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 11: 49-51 (page 49, Sifolinia as genus)
- Emery, C. 1914e. Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 18: 29-42 (page 40, Sifolinia in Myricinae, Pheidolini)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 117, Sifolinia in Myricinae, Pheidolini)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 241, Sifolinia in Myricinae, Pheidolini)
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2003a. A taxonomic revision of the socially parasitic Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Palaearctic region. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 53: 217-243 (page 219, Sifolinia as junior synonym of Myrmica)
- Samsinák, K. 1964. Zur Kenntnis der Ameisenfauna der Tschechoslowakei (Hym.). Cas. Cesk. Spol. Entomol. 61: 156-158 (page 156, Sifolinia senior synonym of Symbiomyrma)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 139, Sifolinia in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
- 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 661, Sifolinia in Myricinae, Pheidolini)