Melophorus uxorius

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Melophorus uxorius
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasiophanes valdiviensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Lasiophanes
Species: Melophorus uxorius
Emery, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • uxorius. Melophorus (Lasiophanes) uxorius Emery, 1922a: 93 (q.) CHILE. Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Junior synonym of valdiviensis: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 108.

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