A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae)

1943/01/01 by James M. Clark · 5 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Genus #Vespoidea #Formicinae #Zoology #Biology #Hexapoda #Taxonomy (biology)

paper · pdf · doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1943.13.05

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Abstract

Following a study of the laI"gc .Australian genus JI JJrmccin it has been consiclcrcd ncccsary tu cliYide tlw spec:ics still further. At present t\yo subg-cncra arr re(ognizccl; they arc .Jlyn11cciu s. str. and Pronzyn11ccia Emery. l n the following pages it is proposed to raise Promyrmrcia to full grncrie rank as their stature and jumping habits render them quite clistind frurn ihc I:irgP 11011jumpcrs of the gcnns Jl.1Jn11ccifl. The status and spceics of the genus JI y n11ccia wil 1 be dealt with in a suhseqnent paper.

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