Acropyga guangxiensis

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Acropyga guangxiensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acropyga yaeyamensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Acropyga
Species: Acropyga guangxiensis
Terayama, Fellowes & Zhou, 2002

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

Nomenclature

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

  • guangxiensis. Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) guangxiensis Terayama, Fellowes & Zhou, 2002: 23, figs. 4-6 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of yaeyamensis: LaPolla, 2004a: 74.

References

  • LaPolla, J. S. 2004. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World. The American Entomological Institute 33(3): 1-130 (page 74, junior synonym of yaeyamensis)
  • Terayama, M.; Fellowes, J. R.; Zhou, S. 2002. The East Asian species of the ant genus Acropyga Roger, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Edaphologia 70: 21-32 (page 23, figs. 4-6 worker described)