Sommimyrma

Sommimyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Sommimyrma; Menozzi, 1925
Type species
	Sommimyrma symbiotica, now Myrmica scabrinodis ;

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.

SOMMIMYRMA [junior synonym of Myrmica]
- Sommimyrma Menozzi, 1925d: 25. Type-species: Sommimyrma symbiotica, by original designation.
- Sommimyrma junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3.

Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 13: 1-11 (page 3, Sommimyrma as junior synonym of Myrmica)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 222, Sommimyrma 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, Sommimyrma as junior synonym of Myrmica [provisional])
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 726, Sommimyrma in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
Menozzi, C. 1925d [1924]. Res mutinenses. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Atti Soc. Nat. Mat. Modena 55[=(6)3 3: 22-47 (page 25, Sommimyrma as genus)
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, Sommimyrma as junior synonym of Myrmica)