Rhytidoponera strigosa major

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Rhytidoponera strigosa major
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera nexa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: Rhytidoponera strigosa major
Stitz, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • major. Rhytidoponera strigosa var. major Stitz, 1912: 501 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of nexa: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Wilson, 1958d: 312.

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