Attopsis anthracina

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Attopsis anthracina
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Oecophyllini
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: Attopsis anthracina
Heer, 1849

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

Nomenclature

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

  • anthracina. †Attopsis anthracina Heer, 1849: 156, pl. 12, fig. 12 (m.) CROATIA. [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 156.] Combination in Cataulacus: Mayr, 1867b: 58. Junior synonym of †obesa: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 252. See also: Bolton, 1974a: 87.

References