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Myrmecocystus iridescens
| Myrmecocystus iridescens | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melophorus aeneovirens) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Melophorini |
| Genus: | Melophorus |
| Species: | Myrmecocystus iridescens Emery, 1887
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Melophorus aeneovirens.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- iridescens. Myrmecocystus iridescens Emery, 1887a: 247 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
- Combination in Melophorus: Forel, 1902h: 487.
- Junior synonym of aeneovirens: Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2007: 75.
References
- Emery, C. 1887b [1886]. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24[=(2)(4): 241-256 (page 247, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 487, Combination in Melophorus)
- Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M., Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700, 1–420 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784).