Harpagoxenus

Harpagoxenus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Crematogastrini
Genus: Harpagoxenus
Species: H. canadensis – H. sublaevis – H. zaisanicus

Name

Harpagoxenus Forel, 1893: 167

Type species: Myrmica sublaevis Nylander, 1849

Synonyms

• Tomognathus Mayr, 1861: 56.

Type-species: Myrmica sublaevis, by monotypy.

[Junior homonym of Tomognathus Agassiz, 1850: 376 (Pisces).]

• Harpagoxenus Forel, 1893: 167. Replacement name for Tomognathus Mayr, 1861: 56.

References

• Forel. 1893: Sur la classification de la famille des formicides, avec remarques synonymiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 37: 161–167.

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