Pseudomyrma bicolor

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Pseudomyrma bicolor
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex gracilis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma bicolor
Guérin-Méneville, 1844

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bicolor. Pseudomyrma bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 427 (w.) COLOMBIA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of gracilis: Roger, 1862c: 289; Mayr, 1863: 452. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of gracilis: Emery, 1890b: 59; Santschi, 1925d: 223; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 166. Junior synonym of gracilis: Ward, 1993: 155.

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