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Genus: Myrmelachista

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Myrmelachista

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

Myrmelachista Roger, 1863a: 162. Type-species: Myrmelachista kraatzii, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Myrmelachista in Formicinae: Mayr, 1865: 10 [Formicidae].

Myrmelachista in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878: 367 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174.

Myrmelachista in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1886f: 214; Forel, 1893a: 165; Forel, 1895b: 106; Emery, 1895j: 771; Forel, 1899c: 124; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 143.

Myrmelachista in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini: Forel, 1912i: 89; Forel, 1917: 249.

Myrmelachista in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 696; Emery, 1925b: 32; all subsequent authors except the following.

Myrmelachista in Formicinae, Pseudolasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.

Myrmelachista in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905b: 384; Bolton, 2003: 23, 103.

Junior synonyms of MYRMELACHISTA

Neaphomus Menozzi, 1935c: 324 [as subgenus of Aphomomyrmex]. Type-species: Aphomomyrmex (Neaphomus) goetschi, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Neaphomus in Formicinae, Dimorphomyrmecini: Donisthorpe, 1943f: 673.

Neaphomus in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini: Kempf, 1972a: 152; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.

Neaphomus as genus: Kempf, 1972a: 152; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.

Neaphomus as junior synonym of Myrmelachista: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 110; all subsequent authors except the above.

Hincksidris Donisthorpe, 1944b: 59 [as subgenus of Myrmelachista].

Taxonomic history

[Replacement name for Decamera Roger, 1863a: 166; junior homonym of Decamera Mulsant, 1842: 503 (Coleoptera).]

Hincksidris as junior synonym of Myrmelachista: Brown, 1973b: 181 [provisional]; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 110; all subsequent authors.

Homonym replaced by Hincksidris

Decamera Roger, 1863a: 166. Type-species: Decamera nigella, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

[Decamera Roger junior homonym of Decamera Mulsant, 1842: 503 (Coleoptera).]

Decamera in Formicinae: Mayr, 1865: 10 [Formicidae].

Decamera in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini: Forel, 1917: 249.

Decamera as junior synonym of Myrmelachista: Forel, 1878: 376; Mayr, 1887: 525; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174.

Decamera as subgenus of Myrmelachista: Forel, 1886f: 214; Forel, 1917: 249; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 696; Emery, 1925b: 32; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 637.

Genus Myrmelachista references

Roger, 1863b: 11 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863: 429 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 10 (Myrmelachista, Decamera diagnoses); Forel, 1878: 376 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1887: 526 (species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 174 (catalogue); Forel, 1917: 249 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 696 (genera, subgenera key); Emery, 1925b: 31 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925b: 32 (M. (Decamera) diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 188 (M. (Myrmelachista) species key); Kempf, 1972a: 147, 152 (Neotropical Myrmelachista, Neaphomus catalogues); Alayo, 1974: 26 (Cuba species key); Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 110 (Chile species key); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1423 (North America catalogue); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1925b: 31 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 65 (larvae, review & synthesis); H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 275 (catalogue); Longino, 2006a: 10 (Costa Rica species, keys).