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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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›
Formicidae
›
†Formiciinae
›
†Formiciini
›
†
Megapterites
†
Megapterites
Cockerell, 1920
junior synonym of current valid taxon
†
Formicium
Westwood, 1854 masculine
†
Megapterites
Cockerell, 1920
: 278 Type-species:
†
Megapterites mirabilis
(obsolete combination of
†
Formicium mirabile
), by monotypy.
†
Megapterites
in
†Pseudosiricidae
:
Cockerell, 1920
: 278;
Abe & Smith, 1991
: 53.
†
Megapterites
in
Formicidae
,
†Formiciinae
:
Lutz, 1990
: 61.
†
Megapterites
as junior synonym of
†
Formicium
:
Lutz, 1990
: 61;
Bolton, 1995b
: 34;
Bolton, 2003
: 262.
Citations
Abe, M.
;
Smith, D. R.
1991.
The genus-group names of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) and their type species.
Esakia 31:1-115.
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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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Cockerell, T. D. A.
1920.
Fossil arthropods in the British Museum. - I.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)5:273-279.
Lutz, H.
1990.
Systematische und palökologische Untersuchungen an Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt.
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 124:1-165.
Fossil: 0 valid species (1 obsolete combination)
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valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
Formicidae subfamilies
†Formiciinae tribes
†Formiciini genera
†
Megapterites
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