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Gesomyrmecini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Gesomyrmini was named by Forel (1912). It is extant. Its type is Gesomyrmex.

It was corrected as Gesomyrmecini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Camponotinae by Wheeler (1915); and to Formicinae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Gesomyrmini Forel
1915Gesomyrmini Wheeler
1929Sicelomyrmicini Wheeler
1978Sicilomyrmecini Brown and Carpenter
2003Gesomyrmecini Bolton p. 23
2012Gesomyrmecini Bolton
2016Gesomyrmecini Ward et al. p. 347

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeGesomyrmecini(Forel 1912)
tribeGesomyrmecini(Forel 1912)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Gesomyrmecini Forel 1912
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G. Gesomyrmex Mayr 1868
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Gesomyrmex bremii Heer 1849
Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky et al. 2009
Gesomyrmex flavescens Dlussky et al. 2009
Gesomyrmex gallicus Aria et al. 2023
Gesomyrmex germanicus Dlussky et al. 2009
Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Dimorphomyrmex mayri Wheeler 1915 [synonym], Dimorphomyrmex theryi Emery 1905 [synonym], Gesomyrmex annectens Wheeler 1915 [synonym], Gesomyrmex curiosus Dlussky et al. 2009 [synonym], Gesomyrmex incertus Dlussky et al. 2015 [synonym]
Gesomyrmex macrops Dlussky et al. 2015
Gesomyrmex magnus Dlussky et al. 2015
Gesomyrmex pulcher Dlussky et al. 2009
Invalid names: Dimorphomyrmex André 1892 [synonym]
G. †Prodimorphomyrmex Wheeler 1915
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G. †Sicilomyrmex Wheeler 1915
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Sicilomyrmex corniger Emery 1891
Invalid names: Sicelomyrmicini Wheeler 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 48.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Gesomyrmex gallicus (123850)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Gesomyrmex pulcher, Gesomyrmex breviceps, Gesomyrmex curiosus (120798)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Gesomyrmex flavescens (138912) Gesomyrmex germanicus (135640 138911)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Dimorphomyrmex theryi (123766) Gesomyrmex hoernesi (110735 122591 123458 138657 138663 154709) Gesomyrmex hoernesi, Dimorphomyrmex theryi (123757 124205) Gesomyrmex hoernesi, Dimorphomyrmex theryi, Dimorphomyrmex mayri, Gesomyrmex annectens (123927) Gesomyrmex hoernesi, Dimorphomyrmex theryi, Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius (124073)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Gesomyrmex hoernesi (109625 120811 120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Gesomyrmex hoernesi (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Gesomyrmex macrops, Gesomyrmex incertus (172679) Gesomyrmex magnus (123794)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Gesomyrmex hoernesi (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Gesomyrmex hoernesi (129227 129228)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Gesomyrmex hoernesi (123930)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Myrmica bremii (117246)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Gesomyrmex corniger (123432)