Myrmaphaenus
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| Myrmaphaenus | |
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| Camponotus leydigi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Subgenus: | Myrmaphaenus Emery, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus leydigi
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This is currently a subgenus of Camponotus. Please see Camponotus for further information.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMAPHAENUS [subgenus of Camponotus]
- Myrmaphaenus Emery, 1920b: 237 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus leydigi, by original designation.
- Myrmaphaenus senior synonym of Neomyrmamblys, Paracolobopsis: Emery, 1925b: 152.
- NEOMYRMAMBLYS [junior synonym of Myrmaphaenus]
- Neomyrmamblys Wheeler, W.M. 1921a: 19 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus fastigatus, by subsequent designation of Santschi, 1921f: 311.
- Neomyrmamblys junior synonym of Myrmaphaenus: Emery, 1925b: 152.
- PARACOLOBOPSIS [junior synonym of Myrmaphaenus]
- Paracolobopsis Emery, 1920b: 249 [as subgenus of Camponotus]. Type-species: Camponotus salvini, by original designation.
- Paracolobopsis junior synonym of Myrmaphaenus: Emery, 1925b: 152.
References
The following references are based on the 2007 CD version of the Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 117, Myrmaphaenus as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Emery, C. 1920b. Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 8: 229-260 (page 237, Myrmaphaenus as subgenus of Camponotus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 152, Myrmaphaenus as subgenus of Camponotus; Myrmaphaenus senior synonym of Neomyrmamblys, Paracolobopsis)
- 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 705, Myrmaphaenus as subgenus of Camponotus)
