Anochetus fumata

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Anochetus fumata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Anochetus altisquamis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Anochetus
Species: Anochetus fumata
Luederwaldt, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fumata. Anochetus altisquamis forma fumata Luederwaldt, 1918: 53 (w.) BRAZIL. Also described as new by Luederwaldt,1920: 3. Junior synonym of altisquamis: Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 58.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 64, catalogue)
  • Kempf, W. W.; Lenko, K. 1976. Levantamento da formicifauna no litoral norte e ilhas adjacentes do Estado de Sa~o Paulo, Brasil. I. Subfamilias Dorylinae, Ponerinae e Pseudomyrmecinae (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 19: 45-66 (page 58, junior synonym of altisquamis)
  • Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64 (page 53, worker described)