• †Formicium Westwood, 1854. Type-species: †Formicium brodiei Westwood, 1854.
• †Formicium in †Pseudosiricidae: Handlirsch, 1906: 577; Abe & Smith, 1991: 34 (in error).
• †Formicium in Formicidae: Cockerell, 1920: 279.
• †Formicium in Formicidae, †Formiciinae: Lutz, 1986: 181; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Lutz, 1990: 61; Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 30; Bolton, 2003: 76, 262.
• †Formicium as collective group name in †Formiciinae: Archibald et al., 2011: 3681.
• †Formicium as junior synonym of Ponera: Dalla Torre, 1893: 37.
• †Formicium as junior synonym of †Pseudosirex: Handlirsch, 1906: 577 (error).
• †Formicium as senior synonym of †Pseudosirex: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17 (error).
• †Formicium as genus: Cockerell, 1920: 279; Lutz, 1986: 182; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Lutz, 1990: 61; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 30, 206; Bolton, 2003: 76, 262.
• †Formicium as senior synonym of †Eoponera: Lutz, 1986: 182; Bolton, 1995b: 30; Bolton, 2003: 262.
• †Formicium as senior synonym of †Megapterites: Lutz, 1990: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 30; Bolton, 2003: 262.
• †Formicium as collective group name (parataxon) for species described from wings only: Katzke et al., 2018: 4.

Junior synonyms

• †Eoponera Carpenter, 1929
• †Megapterites Cockerell, 1920

Citations

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