Metapone johni
Metapone johni | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Metapone greeni) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Metapone |
Species: | Metapone johni Karavaiev, 1933 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Metapone greeni.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- johni. Metapone johni Karavaiev, 1933b: 115, fig. 10 (w.q.m.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of greeni: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 513.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 258, catalogue)
- Karavaiev, V. 1933b. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, VII. (Fortsetzung). Konowia 12: 103-120 (page 115, fig. 10 worker, queen, male described)
- Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105(6):501-545. [2016-04-27]