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Genus: Formicoxenus   Mayr, 1855 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

7 species

Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 PDF: 413. Type-species: Myrmica nitidula, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 413 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 62.
Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 769; Wheeler, 1910a: 139.
Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383.
Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini: Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917 PDF: 245; Wheeler, 1922: 664; Emery, 1924f: 264; all subsequent authors except the following.
Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini: Forel, 1893b PDF: 165; Bolton, 1994: 105.
Formicoxenus as junior synonym of Stenamma: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 422; Roger, 1863b: 25; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 457.
Formicoxenus as junior synonym of Leptothorax: Brown, 1973b PDF: 180 [provisional].
Formicoxenus as genus: Emery, 1882a: 273; all subsequent authors except the above; Francoeur, Loiselle & Buschinger, 1985: 343.
Formicoxenus in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 PDF: 17.
Genus Formicoxenus references
Emery, 1882a: 273 (Europe & Algeria species); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 62 (catalogue); Emery, 1924f: 263 (Symmyrmica diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f: 264 (diagnosis, catalogue); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 225 (diagnosis); Smith, 1979: 1398 (Symmyrmica catalogue); Francoeur, Loiselle & Buschinger, 1985: 374 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 148 (Far Eastern Russia species key); Radchenko, 1994b: 111 (South Siberia species key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1049 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 206 (catalogue); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 91 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key).

Taxon Page Images:



Formicoxenus diversipilosus male. This species in unusual in the extent to which males resemble the workers. Sagehen Creek, California, USA.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Nearctic, Palearctic bioregions.

Nearctic Region: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Quebec, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Washington, D.C.
Neotropical Region: Americas
Palearctic Region: Akershus, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hovedstaden, Hungary, Italy, Kymenlaakso, Latvia, Limburg, Lithuania, Lombardia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Namur, Netherlands, Northern Europe, Norway, Poland, Rogaland, Romania, Russia, Skåne, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southern Europe, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Western Europe

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Formicoxenus   Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174: 77, (download) 77 6175
Formicoxenus   Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: 32, (download) 32 21008


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