Xymmer

Xymmer is a genus of ant in the subfamily Amblyoponinae containing the single species Xymmer muticus.[1]

Xymmer
Worker specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Xymmer
Santschi, 1914
Species:
X. muticus
Binomial name
Xymmer muticus
Santschi, 1914

Taxonomy

Xymmer was first described by Santschi (1914) as a monotypic subgeneric taxon under Stigmatomma.[2] Since Santschi's original description, Xymmer was raised to genus by Wheeler (1922) in his identification key for African Amblyoponini.[3] Clark (1934) regarded Xymmer as a subgenus in Amblyopone[4] following Wheeler's suggestion;[5] however, distinguishing characters were not discussed in their treatments. Brown (1949, 1960)[6][7] discussed separable characters for Xymmer (as a junior synonym under the subgenus Stigmatomma) for the first time since Santschi's original description. Brown regarded Stigmatomma and its related names as junior synonyms of Amblyopone at that time. Xymmer was resurrected to its current placement as an independent genus from synonymy with Amblyopone based on a morphological examination by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012).[8]

References
  1. "Genus: Xymmer". AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. Santschi F (1914). "Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de M. le Professeur F. Silvestri". Boll Lab Zool Gen Agrar Fac Agrar Portici 8: 309–385.
  3. Wheeler WM (1922). "Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants". Bull Am Mus Nat Hist. 45: 631–710.
  4. Clark J (1934). "New Australian ants". Mem Natl Mus Vic. 8: 21–47. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1934.8.02.
  5. Wheeler, William Morton (1927). "Ants of the Genus Amblyopone Erichson". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 62 (1): 1–29. doi:10.2307/25130101. JSTOR 25130101.
  6. Brown WL (1949). "A New American Amblyopone, With Notes on the Genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 56 (2): 81–88. doi:10.1155/1949/67378.
  7. Brown WL Jr (1960). "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera)". Bull Mus Comp Zool. 122: 143–230.
  8. Yoshimura M, Fisher BL (2012). Martin SJ (ed.). "A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e33325. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733325Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325. PMC 3320654. PMID 22496722.


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