Crematogaster castanea decolorata

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Crematogaster castanea decolorata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster laeviuscula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster castanea decolorata
Santschi, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

  • decolorata. Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) castanea var. decolorata Santschi, 1926b: 213 (w.) ZIMBABWE, SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Umtali, 8.vi.1920 (G. Arnold), South Africa: Natal (Trägårdh).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Junior synonym of arborea: Santschi, 1930b: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 151.

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