Myrmica mutica Emery

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Myrmica mutica Emery
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Manica invidia)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Manica
Species: Myrmica mutica Emery
Emery, 1895

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Manica invidia.

Nomenclature

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

  • mutica. Myrmica mutica Emery, 1895c: 311 (w.) U.S.A. [Junior primary homonym of Myrmica mutica Nylander, 1849: 39 (now in Messor).] Replacement name: Manica invidia: Bolton, 1995b: 249. Wheeler, W.M. 1914d: 120 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1960b: 5 (l.). Combination in Myrmica (Oreomyrma): Wheeler, W.M. 1914d: 119; in M. (Neomyrma): Emery, 1915d: 69 (footnote); in M. (Manica): Emery, 1921f: 43; in Manica: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 244. See also: Creighton, 1950a: 109; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1972b: 235.

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