Aphaenogaster swammerdami spinipes

Aphaenogaster swammerdami spinipes
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 spinipes; Santschi, 1911

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.

spinipes. Aphaenogaster (Ichnomyrmex) schwammerdami var. spinipes Santschi, 1911e: 123 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
- [Ischnomyrmex misspelled as Ichnomyrmex.]
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1921f: 65.
- Subspecies of swammerdami: Emery, 1921f: 65; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1017; Bolton, 1995b: 73.
- Junior synonym of swammerdami: Csősz et al., 2021: 26.

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 73, 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))
Santschi, F. 1911e. Nouvelles fourmis de Madagascar. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 117-134 (page 123, 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)