Gnamptogenys sulcatum bufonum

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Gnamptogenys sulcatum bufonum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Gnamptogenys ericae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Gnamptogenys
Species: Gnamptogenys sulcatum bufonum
Weber, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bufonum. Gnamptogenys sulcatum subsp. bufonum Weber, 1938a: 208 (w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of sulcata: Brown, 1958g: 229; of ericae: Lattke, 1995: 166.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 229, Junior synonym of sulcata)
  • Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Hym. Res. 4: 137-193 (page 166, Junior synonym of ericae)
  • Weber, N. A. 1938a. New ants from stomachs of Bufo marinus L. and Typhlops reticulatus (L). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 31: 207-210 (page 208, worker described)