Stereomyrmicini

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Stereomyrmicini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stereomyrmicini
Emery, 1914
Type genus
Stereomyrmex

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

Nomenclature

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

  • STEREOMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
    • Stereomyrmicini Emery, 1914a: 36 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Stereomyrmex Emery, 1901f: 115.

Taxonomic History

  • Stereomyrmecini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 36 [Stereomyrmicini]; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1921f: 19 (footnote) [Stereomyrmicinae]; Emery, 1922e: 119; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 656; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 53 [Stereomyrmecini]; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257 [Stereomyrmecini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80 [Stereomyrmecini].
  • Stereomyrmecini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
  • Stereomyrmecini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.

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