Myrmecia pyriformis gigas

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Myrmecia pyriformis gigas
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia brevinoda)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia pyriformis gigas
Forel, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gigas. Myrmecia pyriformis r. gigas Forel, 1913b: 310 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1915: 7 (w.); Clark, 1951: 107 (m.). Raised to species and senior synonym of eudoxia: Clark, 1951: 104. Junior synonym of brevinoda: Brown, 1953j: 22.

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