Melophorus fieldi propinquus

Melophorus fieldi propinquus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melophorus marius)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Melophorini
Genus:	Melophorus
Species:	Melophorus fieldi propinquus Viehmeyer, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

• propinquus. Melophorus fieldi var. propinqua Viehmeyer, 1925a: 36 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
  • Subspecies of fieldi: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 250.
  • Junior synonym of biroi: Heterick, et al. 2017: 162.
  • Junior synonym of marius: Heterick, 2021: 18.

References

• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M., Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700, 1–420 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784).
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 123, Subspecies of fieldi)
• Viehmeyer, H. 1925a. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Fortsetzung.). Entomol. Mitt. 14: 25-39 (page 36, worker described)