Acropyga urichi

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Acropyga urichi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acropyga smithii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Acropyga
Species: Acropyga urichi
Weber, 1944

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

Nomenclature

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

  • urichi. Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) urichi Weber, 1944: 115, figs. 2,3 (w.q.m.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of smithii: LaPolla, 2004a: 43.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 58, catalogue)
  • LaPolla, J. S. 2004. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World. The American Entomological Institute 33(3): 1-130 (page 43, junior synonym of smithii)
  • Weber, N. A. 1944b. The neotropical coccid-tending ants of the genus Acropyga Roger. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 37: 89-122 (page 115, figs. 2, 3 worker, queen, male described)