Melophorus castanopus

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Melophorus castanopus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melophorus biroi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Melophorus
Species: Melophorus castanopus
Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • castanopus. Melophorus castanopus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017: 168, fig. 32 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Junior synonym of biroi: Heterick, 2021: 18.

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