Trigonogaster

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Trigonogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Trigonogaster
Forel, 1890
Type species
Trigonogaster recurvispinosa, now Recurvidris recurvispinosa

Recurvidris recurvispinosa casent0010681 profile 1.jpg

Recurvidris recurvispinosa casent0010681 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • TRIGONOGASTER [junior homonym; see Recurvidris]
    • Trigonogaster Forel, 1890b: cviii. Type-species: Trigonogaster recurvispinosa, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Trigonogaster Guérin-Méneville, 1844b: 1149 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae).]
    • Recurvidris Bolton, 1992: 36, replacement name for Trigonogaster Forel.


References

  • Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 383, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
  • Bolton, B. 1992b. A review of the ant genus Recurvidris (Hym.: Formicidae), a new name for Trigonogaster Forel. Psyche (Camb.) 99: 35-48 (page 36, Recurvidris replacement name for Trigonogaster Forel, 1890)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 241, Recurvidris in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 72, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae)
  • 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 81, Trigonogaster incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
  • Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 769, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini)
  • Emery, C. 1914e. Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 18: 29-42 (page 42, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini)
  • Emery, C. 1915g. Noms de sous-genres et de genres proposés pour la sous-famille des Myrmicinae. Modifications à la classification de ce groupe (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1915: 189-192 (page 192, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini [subtribe Lophomyrmicini])
  • Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 210, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini)
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 81, Trigonogaster incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
  • Forel, A. 1890c. Aenictus-Typhlatta découverte de M. Wroughton. Nouveaux genres de Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 34:cii-cxiv. (page cviii, Trigonogaster as genus; junior homonym of Trigonogaster Guerin-Meneville 1844)
  • Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 243, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 139, Trigonogaster 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 663, Trigonogaster in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini)