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Genus: Nesomyrmex   Wheeler, 1910 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Extant: 81 species, 1 subspecies

Fossil: 2 species

Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910d PDF: 259. Type-species: Nesomyrmex clavipilis, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Nesomyrmex is the oldest synonym of Goniothorax Emery, [no year] (a junior homonym, see below) and hence is the first available replacement name for Goniothorax Emery, [no year]: Smith, 1950a PDF: 30.].
Nesomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Leptothoracini: Forel, 1917 PDF: 244; subsequent authors to the following.
Nesomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
Nesomyrmex as subgenus of Leptothorax: Emery, 1915e PDF: 24; Forel, 1917 PDF: 244; Wheeler, 1922: 679; Smith, 1950a PDF: 30; Smith, 1951c: 816; Kempf, 1959d: 393; Brown, 1971a PDF: 4; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 133; Smith, 1979: 1391; Mackay, 2000 PDF: 272 (in key).
Nesomyrmex as junior synonym of Goniothorax: Emery, 1924f: 249; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 674. [Goniothorax is a junior homonym and hence Nesomyrmex takes priority as first available replacement name.].
Nesomyrmex as junior synonym of Leptothorax: Brown, 1973b PDF: 183 [provisional]; Bolton, 1982 PDF: 319; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 39.
Nesomyrmex as genus: Wheeler, 1910d PDF: 259; Francoeur & Loiselle, 1988b: 43 (possibly valid); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14 [junior synonyms of Nesomyrmex left behind under Leptothorax]; Jaffe, 1993: 11; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 70.
Nesomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 PDF: 17.
Genus Nesomyrmex references
Emery, 1896g PDF: 58 (Neotropical species key); Arnold, 1916 PDF: 258 (South Africa species key); Arnold, 1917 PDF: 358 (Tetramyrma diagnosis); Wheeler, 1922: 890, 908 (Afrotropical Nesomyrmex (Goniothorax), Tetramyrma catalogues); Wheeler, 1922: 1029 (Malagasy Nesomyrmex (Goniothorax) catalogue); Emery, 1924f: 249 (Nesomyrmex (Goniothorax) diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f: 291 (Tetramyrma review, catalogue); Kempf, 1959d: 394 (Neotropical Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 133 (Neotropical Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) catalogue); Kempf, 1975c PDF: 367 (additions to 1959b key); Bolton, 1982 PDF: 319 (diagnosis, review of genus, Afrotropical species key); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13 (synoptic classification); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 349 (Neotropical catalogue); Bolton, 1995b: 235 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 272 (genus diagnosis); Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 PDF: 36 (southern Africa species revision, key); Csosz & Fisher, 2015 PDF: 19 (Malagasy species-group key); Csosz & Fisher, 2016 10.7717/peerj.1796 PDF: 1 (angulatus group revision,key); Csosz & Fisher, 2016 10.1371/journal.pone.0152454 PDF; 1 (sikorai group revision,key); Csosz & Fisher, 2016 10.3897/zookeys.603.8271 PDF: 105 (madecassus group revision, key); Csosz & Fisher, 2016 10.3897/zookeys.616.9532 PDF 125: (brevicornis group revision, key); Hita Garcia, Mbanyana, Audisio & Alpert, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.258 PDF: 1 (Afrotropical species group key, angulatus species group key); Sharaf, Akbar, Aldawood & Hita Garcia, 2017 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.12782 PDF: 21 (Arabian Peninsula key).

Taxon Page Images:



Nesomyrmex anduzei Gamboa, Panama.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

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

Afrotropical Region: Africa, Botswana, Bundibugyo, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eastern, Eastern Africa, Eastern Cape, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kakamega, Kenya, Laikipia, Limpopo, Lindi, Malawi, Maputo, Middle Africa, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sangha-Mbaéré, Sofala, South Africa, South-West, Southern Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tshopo, Uganda, Western Africa, Western Cape, Zimbabwe
Indomalaya Region: Asia
Malagasy Region: Anjouan, Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Comoros, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, Mahajanga, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mohéli, Toamasina, Toliara
Nearctic Region: North America, Puebla, Texas, United States
Neotropical Region: Alajuela, Amazonas, Americas, Argentina, Atlántida, Barinas, Belize, Bolivia, Bolívar, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Canindeyú, Central, Central America, Chiapas, Chontales, Colombia, Comayagua, Costa Caribe Norte, Costa Caribe Sur, Costa Rica, Darién, Demerara-Mahaica, Ecuador, El Beni, El Progreso, Espírito Santo, French Guiana, Grenada, Guanacaste, Guatemala, Guyana, Heredia, Honduras, Jalisco, La Paz, Lara, Limón, Madre de Dios, Magdalena, Matagalpa, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mexico, Minas Gerais, Napo, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Pará, Peru, Petén, Puntarenas, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, San José, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sinaloa, South America, Suriname, São Paulo, Trinidad and Tobago, Trujillo, Venezuela, Veracruz, Zacapa, Ñeembucú
Palearctic Region: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Northern Africa, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Western Asia, Yemen

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Nesomyrmex   Mbanyana, N. & Robertson, H. G., 2008, Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in southern Africa., African Natural History 4, pp. 35-55: 36, (download) 36 23052
Nesomyrmex   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 34, (download) 34 21367
Nesomyrmex   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 34, (download) 34 21367


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