Amblyopone minor

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Amblyopone minor
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 minor
Forel, 1915

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.

  • minor. Amblyopone minor Forel, 1915b: 1 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1960a: 167.

References

  • Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 (page 110, Junior synonym of elongata)
  • Santschi, F. 1922e. Description de nouvelles fourmis de l'Argentine et pays limitrophes. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 94: 241-262 (page 241, worker described [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of minor Forel])
  • 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)
  • Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 1, worker, queen, male described)