Aphaenogaster swammerdami curta

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Aphaenogaster swammerdami curta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster swammerdami)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster swammerdami curta
Forel, 1891

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • curta. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) swammerdami var. curta Forel, 1891b: 169 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1921f: 65.
    • Subspecies of swammerdami: Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1921f: 65; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1017; Bolton, 1995b: 69.
    • Junior synonym of swammerdami: Csősz et al., 2021: 26.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)
  • Csősz, S., Loss, A.C., Fisher, B.L. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Aphaenogaster swammerdami group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PeerJ 9, e10900. (doi:10.7717/peerj.10900).
  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 65, combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma))
  • Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. (page 169, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)