Aphaenogaster silvestrii Wheeler, W.M.

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Aphaenogaster silvestrii
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Aphaenogaster lepida)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster silvestrii
Wheeler, W.M., 1929

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Aphaenogaster lepida.

Nomenclature

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

  • silvestrii. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) silvestrii Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 37, fig. 3 (w.m.) TAIWAN. [Junior primary homonym of silvestrii Menozzi, above.] Replacement name: lepida Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 96.

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