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Aneleus punctatus
| Aneleus punctatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Carebara silvestrii) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Carebara |
| Species: | Aneleus punctatus Karavaiev, 1931 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Carebara silvestrii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- punctatus. Aneleus (Aneleus) punctatus Karavaiev, 1931d: 43, fig. 2 (w.) KENYA. Combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124; in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235. Junior synonym of silvestrii: Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014: 94.
References
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 124, Combination in Oligomyrmex)
- Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, Combination in Carebara)
- Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.
- Karavaiev, V. 1931d. Ameisen aus Englisch-Ostafrika. Zool. Anz. 95: 42-51 (page 43, fig. 2 worker described)