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Genus: Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Acanthomyrmex

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Extant: 19 valid species

Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893a: cclxxvi. Type-species: Acanthomyrmex luciolae, by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1903 PDF: 191. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Acanthomyrmex also described as new by Emery, 1893h PDF: 244.]

Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae: Emery, 1896e PDF: 183.

Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 769; Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 139.

Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (error).

Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini: Emery, 1912b PDF: 105; Emery, 1914e PDF: 41; Forel, 1917 PDF: 244; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Emery, 1924f PDF: 234 [subtribe Myrmecinini]; Bolton, 1995b: 18; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 71, 255.

Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF: 77.

Acanthomyrmex in Crematogastrini, Myrmecina genus group: Blaimer et al., 2018 10.1093/isd/ixy013 PDF: 7.

Acanthomyrmex as genus: all authors.

[Acanthonyrmex: incorrect subsequent spelling by Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383.]

Genus Acanthomyrmex catalogues

Emery, 1924f PDF: 234; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 114 (Asia); Bolton, 1995b: 53.

Genus Acanthomyrmex references

Emery, 1924f PDF: 234 (diagnosis); Moffett, 1986c PDF: 66 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1047 (census); Eguchi et al., 2011 PDF: 11 (diagnosis, Vietnam synopsis); Cantone, 2017 PDF: 182 (brief male diagnosis); Yamada et al., 2018 10.20362/am.010009 PDF: 10 (gyne morphotypes list); Jaitrong & Asanok, 2019 10.3897/zookeys.842.33609 PDF: 133 (Thailand species key).

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: Borneo, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Australasia, Indomalaya
  Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records):
    Australasia, Indomalaya

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name	Status	Publication	Pages	ModsID	GoogleMaps
Acanthomyrmex		Eguchi, K., Viet, B. T. & Yamane, S., 2011, Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part I - Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmicinae., Zootaxa 2878, pp. 1-61: 11, (download)	11	23462
Acanthomyrmex	n. gen	Emery, C., 1893, Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier - février 1892). 3 e Mémoire. Formicides., Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62, pp. 239-258: 6, (download)	6	3767

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