Aphaenogaster famelica ruida

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Aphaenogaster famelica ruida
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster famelica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster famelica ruida
Wheeler, W.M., 1928

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Aphaenogaster famelica.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • ruida. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) famelica subsp. ruida Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 104 (q.) JAPAN. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1976: 302. [Ogata, 1991b: 85, misspells the name as rudia and regards it as a subsp. of famelica. Collingwood's elevation to species retained: Bolton, 1995b: 71.] Junior synonym of famelica: Yamane, 1996: 113.

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