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Aphaenogaster quadrispina wheeleri
| Aphaenogaster quadrispina wheeleri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Aphaenogaster perplexa) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | Aphaenogaster quadrispina wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Aphaenogaster perplexa.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wheeleri. Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) quadrispina subsp. wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of wheeleri Mann, above.] Replacement name: perplexa Smith, M.R. 1961b: 228.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 74, catalogue)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1938b. Some ants of the subgenus Planimyrma Viehmeyer of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 74: 30-32PDF(page 31, worker described; junior primary homonym of wheeleri Mann)
- Smith, M. R. 1961b. A study of New Guinea ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 213-238 (page 228, replacement name: perplexa Smith)