Apterostigma amiae
Apterostigma amiae | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Apterostigma robustum) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Apterostigma |
Species: | Apterostigma amiae Weber, 1937 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Apterostigma robustum.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- amiae. Apterostigma amiae Weber, 1937: 391 (w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of robustum: Weber, 1958c: 249.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 74, catalogue)
- Weber, N. A. 1937. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part l. New forms. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 7: 378-409 (page 391, worker described)
- Weber, N. A. 1958d. Synonymies and types of Apterostigma (Hym: Formicidae). Entomol. News 69: 243-251 (page 249, junior synonym of robustum)