Amblyopone australis foveolata

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Amblyopone australis foveolata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Amblyopone australis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Amblyopone
Species: Amblyopone australis foveolata
Wheeler, W.M., 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

  • foveolata. Amblyopone australis subsp. foveolata Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 9 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1960a: 167.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 62, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 167, Junior synonym of australis)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1927c. Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 1-29 (page 9, worker, queen, male described)