This history item belongs to Symbiomyrma Arnol'di, 1930

Its current taxon owner(s) is Symbiomyrma

[Note: in recent years Seifert (Seifert, 1994a, Seifert, 1996b, Seifert, 2007, Seifert, 2018) has made repeated attempts to resurrect Symbiomyrma, either as a subgenus of Myrmica, or as a separate genus. This is considered an unproductive exercise, and in this catalogue Symbiomyrma remains as a junior synonym, in accord with majority opinion.] 

[Note: in recent years Seifert ({ref 128577}, {ref 132274}, {ref 132271}, {ref 143563}) has made repeated attempts to resurrect {tax 429780}, either as a subgenus of {tax 429776}, or as a separate genus. This is considered an unproductive exercise, and in this catalogue {tax 429780} remains as a junior synonym, in accord with majority opinion.]
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2023-09-29
  • Updated at: 2023-09-29
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Symbiomyrma Genus Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmica Latreille, 1804
Other history items belonging to Symbiomyrma
#241958 [Symbiomyrma also described as new by Arnol'di, 1933b: 41.]
#241959 Symbiomyrma in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Karavaiev, 1934: 102.
#241960 Symbiomyrma in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Donisthorpe, 1943h: 729; subsequent authors.
#241962 Symbiomyrma as senior synonym of Sifolinia: Samšiňák, 1964: 156.
#311941 [Note: Samšiňák, 1964 gives Sifolinia as senior synonym but Symbiomyrma has priority.]
#311942 Symbiomyrma as subgenus of Myrmica: Seifert, 2007: 210.
#241961 Symbiomyrma as genus: Karavaiev, 1934: 102; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 729; Seifert, 1994a: 15; Seifert, 1996b: 236; Seifert, 2018: 174.
#241963 Symbiomyrma as junior synonym of Myrmica: Bolton, 1988a: 3; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Ogata, 1991b: 75; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 47; Tang et al., 1995: 48; Bolton, 2003: 222; Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 219; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 52.
#311943 (selected) [Note: in recent years Seifert (Seifert, 1994a, Seifert, 1996b, Seifert, 2007, Seifert, 2018) has made repeated attempts to resurrect Symbiomyrma, either as a subgenus of Myrmica, or as a separate genus. This is considered an unproductive exercise, and in this catalogue Symbiomyrma remains as a junior synonym, in accord with majority opinion.]