Ectatomma cyrus

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Ectatomma cyrus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera chalybaea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: Ectatomma cyrus
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cyrus. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cyrus Forel, 1910b: 13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Junior synonym of chalybaea: Brown, 1954g: 4.

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