Myrmecia aberrans haematosticta

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Myrmecia aberrans haematosticta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia formosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia aberrans haematosticta
Wheeler, W.M., 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

  • haematosticta. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans subsp. haematosticta Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 51 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Clark, 1951: 130. Junior synonym of formosa: Brown, 1953j: 19.

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