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Aphaenogaster texana punctithorax
| Aphaenogaster texana punctithorax | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster picea) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Aphaenogaster |
| Species: | Aphaenogaster texana punctithorax Cole, 1938 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Aphaenogaster picea.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- punctithorax. Aphaenogaster texana subsp. punctithorax Cole, 1938a: 239, fig. 2 (w.) U.S.A.
- Unidentifiable taxon: Creighton, 1950a: 151.
- Junior synonym of picea: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 796.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Aphaenogaster: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1364.
- Junior synonym of picea: Smith, 1951c: 796; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 359.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 72, catalogue)
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1938a. Suggestions concerning taxonomic nomenclature of the hymenopterous family Formicidae, and descriptions of three new ants. Am. Midl. Nat. 19: 236-241. (page 239, fig. 2 worker described)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 151, unidentifiable)
- 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.
- 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 in Aphaenogaster)
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420. (page 796, junior synonym of picea)