Rhytidoponera metallica varians

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Rhytidoponera metallica varians
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera metallica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: Rhytidoponera metallica varians
Crawley, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • varians. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) metallica var. varians Crawley, 1922b: 436 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Crawley, 1925b: 591 (m.). Junior synonym of metallica: Brown, 1958g: 204.

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