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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Wheelerimyrmex
Wheelerimyrmex
Mann, 1922
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Megalomyrmex
Forel, 1885 masculine
Wheelerimyrmex
Mann, 1922
: 29 [as subgenus of
Megalomyrmex
] Type-species:
Megalomyrmex silvestrii
, by original designation.
Wheelerimyrmex
as subgenus of
Megalomyrmex
:
Donisthorpe, 1943h
: 735.
Wheelerimyrmex
as junior synonym of
Megalomyrmex
:
Ettershank, 1966
: 101;
Kempf, 1972b
: 139;
Brandão, 1990b
: 415;
Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990
: 14;
Bolton, 1995b
: 49;
Bolton, 2003
: 210.
[
Wheeleriomyrmex
: incorrect subsequent spelling by
Santschi, 1925d
: 237.]
Obsolete classifications
Megalomyrmex (Wheelerimyrmex)
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
2003.
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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Brandão, C. R. F.
1990b.
Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus
Megalomyrmex
Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species.
Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 31:411-481.
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Donisthorpe, H.
1943h.
A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.].
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:721-737.
Ettershank, G.
1966.
A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to
Solenopsis
and
Pheidologeton
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171.
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Hölldobler, B.
;
Wilson, E. O.
1990.
The ants.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Kempf, W. W.
1972b.
Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical.
Studia Entomologica 15:3-344.
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Mann, W. M.
1922.
Ants from Honduras and Guatemala.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1925d.
Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 65:221-247.
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synonym
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homonym
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