An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Gesomyrmecini Ashmead, 1905 valid

Extant: 1 valid genus

Fossil: 2 valid genera

Gesomyrmicinae Ashmead, 1905cAshmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Canadian Entomologist 37:381-384. [1905-11-01] PDF 122385: 384. Type-genus: Gesomyrmex. AntWiki
Genus (extant) of Gesomyrmecini: Gesomyrmex.
Genera (extinct) of Gesomyrmecini: Prodimorphomyrmex, Sicilomyrmex.
Tribe and genus Gesomyrmex references
Forel, 1878cForel, A. 1878c. Études myrmécologiques en 1878 (première partie) avec l'anatomie du gésier des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 15:337-392. [1878-10] PDF 125003: 376 (diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. [1893] PDF 124002: 175, 176 (Gesomyrmex, Dimorphomyrmex catalogues); Emery, 1925dEmery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. [1925-12-31] PDF 124775: 39 (diagnosis, genera key, catalogue); Emery, 1925dEmery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. [1925-12-31] PDF 124775: 46 (Dimorphomyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925dEmery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. [1925-12-31] PDF 124775: 47 (Gesomyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1929aWheeler, W. M. 1929a. The identity of the ant genera Gesomyrmex Mayr and Dimorphomyrmex Ernest André. Psyche (Cambridge) 36:1-12. [1929-03] PDF 130205: 10 (checklist); Cole, 1949aCole, A. C., Jr. 1949a. A study of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr, and a description of a species new to the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42:71-76. [1949-05-25] PDF 123699: 76 (all species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. [1951] PDF 123583: 208 (Asia checklist); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970bWheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1970b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae: second supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63:648-656. [1970-05-15] PDF 129886: 652 (larva diagnosis); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976bWheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1976b. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 7:1-108. [1976] PDF 129906: 62 (larvae, review & synthesis); Bolton, 1994Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. [1994-07-25] 122834: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995aBolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056. [1995-08] PDF 122859: 1049 (census); Bolton, 1995bBolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. [1995-10] 122860: 207 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. [2003-11-10] PDF 130789: 23, 107 (diagnosis, synopsis); Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009Dlussky, G. M.; Wappler, T.; Wedmann, S. 2009. Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities. Zootaxa 2031:1-20. [2009-03-09] PDF 131138: 5, 13 (diagnosis of genus, queens key).
Changed by Flávia Esteves 10 months ago; approved by Brian Fisher approved this change 10 months ago
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