Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps

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Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia forceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps
Viehmeyer, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • obscuriceps. Myrmecia forceps var. obscuriceps Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of forceps: Clark, 1951: 24.

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