Gnamptogenys concentrica

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Gnamptogenys concentrica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Holcoponera
Species: Gnamptogenys concentrica
Mayr, 1870

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

Nomenclature

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

  • concentrica. Gnamptogenys concentrica Mayr, 1870b: 964 (w.) MEXICO. Combination in Ectatomma (Holcoponera): Mayr, 1887: 540. Junior synonym of strigata: Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Emery, 1896g: 44 (in key).

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 26, Junior synonym of strigata)
  • Emery, C. 1896g. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 28: 33-107 (page 44, Junior synonym of strigata (in key))
  • Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 964, worker described)
  • Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 540, Combination in Ectatomma (Holcoponera) )