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Genus: Myrmelachista
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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Myrmelachista
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
56 species, 13 subspecies
Taxonomic history
| Myrmelachista in Formicinae: Mayr, 1865: 10 [Formicidae]. |
| Myrmelachista in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 367 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174. |
| Myrmelachista in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1886h PDF: 214; Forel, 1893b PDF: 165; Forel, 1895b PDF: 106; Emery, 1895l PDF: 771; Forel, 1899b: 124; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 143. |
| Myrmelachista in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini: Forel, 1912j PDF: 89; Forel, 1917 PDF: 249. |
| Myrmelachista in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini: Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d PDF: 32; all subsequent authors except the following. |
| Myrmelachista in Formicinae, Pseudolasius genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 296. |
| Myrmelachista in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 23, 103. |
Genus Myrmelachista references
Roger, 1863b PDF: 11 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 429 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 10 (Myrmelachista, Decamera diagnoses); Forel, 1878c PDF: 376 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1887 PDF: 526 (species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 174 (catalogue); Forel, 1917 PDF: 249 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, 1922: 696 (genera, subgenera key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 31 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 32 (Myrmelachista (Decamera) diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1934g PDF: 188 (Myrmelachista (Myrmelachista) species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 147, 152 (Neotropical Myrmelachista, Neaphomus catalogues); Alayo, 1974: 26 (Cuba species key); Snelling & Hunt, 1975 PDF: 110 (Chile species key); Smith, 1979: 1423 (North America catalogue); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1925d PDF: 31 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b PDF: 65 (larvae, review & synthesis); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 275 (catalogue); Longino, 2006A PDF: 10 (Costa Rica species, keys).
Genus Myrmelachista references
Roger, 1863b PDF: 11 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 429 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 10 (Myrmelachista, Decamera diagnoses); Forel, 1878c PDF: 376 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1887 PDF: 526 (species key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 174 (catalogue); Forel, 1917 PDF: 249 (synoptic classification); Wheeler, 1922: 696 (genera, subgenera key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 31 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 32 (Myrmelachista (Decamera) diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1934g PDF: 188 (Myrmelachista (Myrmelachista) species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 147, 152 (Neotropical Myrmelachista, Neaphomus catalogues); Alayo, 1974: 26 (Cuba species key); Snelling & Hunt, 1975 PDF: 110 (Chile species key); Smith, 1979: 1423 (North America catalogue); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1925d PDF: 31 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b PDF: 65 (larvae, review & synthesis); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 275 (catalogue); Longino, 2006A PDF: 10 (Costa Rica species, keys).
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49 Species Imaged | View All 85 Species for this genus
Myrmelachista alw01
Myrmelachista ambigua
Myrmelachista amicta
Myrmelachista arthuri
Myrmelachista bambusarum
Myrmelachista catharinae
Myrmelachista chilensis
Myrmelachista cooperi
Myrmelachista dalmasi
Myrmelachista dalmasi_cf
Myrmelachista donisthorpei
Myrmelachista elongata
Myrmelachista flavocotea
Myrmelachista flavoguarea
Myrmelachista gallicola
Myrmelachista guyanensis
Myrmelachista guyanensis_cf
Myrmelachista haberi
Myrmelachista hoffmanni
Myrmelachista indet
Myrmelachista joycei
Myrmelachista jtl-06
Myrmelachista lauroatlantica
Myrmelachista lauropacifica
Myrmelachista longiceps
Myrmelachista longinoda
Myrmelachista mayri
Myrmelachista meganaranja
Myrmelachista mexicana
Myrmelachista nigrocotea
Myrmelachista nodigera
Myrmelachista osa
Myrmelachista paderewskii
Myrmelachista pe01
Myrmelachista plebecula
Myrmelachista plebecula_cf
Myrmelachista poe-a
Myrmelachista poe-b
Myrmelachista ramulorum
Myrmelachista reclusi
Myrmelachista rogeri
Myrmelachista rogeri manni
Myrmelachista rogeri rubriceps
Myrmelachista ruszkii
Myrmelachista schumanni cordincola
Myrmelachista schumanni_cf
Myrmelachista skwarrae
Myrmelachista skwarrae laeta
Myrmelachista zeledoni
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