Acropyga urichi
Acropyga urichi | |
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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)