Apterostigma abdita

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Apterostigma abdita
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Apterostigma mayri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Apterostigma
Species: Apterostigma abdita
Mann, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • abdita. Apterostigma abdita Mann, 1922: 50, fig. 22 (w.q.) HONDURAS. Junior synonym of mayri: Weber, 1958c: 248. Member of unresolved pilosum-complex: Lattke, 1997: 165.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 74, catalogue)
  • Lattke, J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 34: 121-221 (page 165, Member of unresolved pilosum-complex)
  • Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 61: 1-54 (page 50, fig. 22 worker, queen described)
  • Weber, N. A. 1958d. Synonymies and types of Apterostigma (Hym: Formicidae). Entomol. News 69: 243-251 (page 248, junior synonym of mayri)