Aphaenogaster texana nana

Aphaenogaster texana nana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster flemingi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	Aphaenogaster texana nana; Wheeler, W.M., 1932

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

Nomenclature

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

nana. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) texana subsp. nana Wheeler, W.M. 1932a: 6 (w.) U.S.A.
- Subspecies of texana: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 797.
- Unidentifiable taxon incertae sedis in Aphaenogaster: Creighton, 1950a: 151; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1364; Bolton, 1995b: 71.
- Junior synonym of flemingi: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 241.

Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 151, unidentifiable)
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1364, unplaced taxon)
Wheeler, W. M. 1932a. A list of the ants of Florida with descriptions of new forms. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 40: 1-17 (page 6, worker described)
Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E. 2017. The New World Gypsy Ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius. 605 pp.