Aphaenogaster verecunda

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Aphaenogaster verecunda
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster japonica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster verecunda
Wheeler, W.M., 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • verecunda. Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) verecunda Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 105 (w.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of japonica: Yamane, 1996: 111.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 74, catalogue)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1928d. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 96-125 (page 105, worker described)