Megalomyrmex silvestrii

Megalomyrmex silvestrii

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: Solenopsidini
Genus: Megalomyrmex
Species: Megalomyrmex silvestrii

Name

Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, 1909

Type locality: Mexico.

Synonyms

• Megalomyrmex sjostedti Wheeler, 1909b: 235 (w.)
• Megalomyrmex (Wheelerimyrmex) brasiliensis Mann, 1922: 29.
• Megalomyrmex silvestrii Kempf & Brown, 1968: 97. Senior synonym of brasiliensis, langi, misionensis, sjostedti, wheeleri.

References

• Wheeler, W.M. 1909: Ants collected by Prof. F. Silvestri in Mexico. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricultura, 3: 228–238. PDF
• Mann, W.M. 1916: The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 60: 399–490.
• Brandão, C.R.F. 1990: Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arquivos de Zoologia, 31: 411–481.
• Brandão, C.R.F. 2003: Further revisionary studies on the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsidini). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 43(8): 145–159. PDF