Atopomyrmex mocquerysi melanoticus

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Atopomyrmex mocquerysi melanoticus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Atopomyrmex
Species: Atopomyrmex mocquerysi melanoticus
Santschi, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • melanoticus. Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides var. melanoticus Santschi, 1925h: 153 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [First available use of Atopomyrmex mocquerysi subsp. cryptoceroides var. melanoticus Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 182; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of cryptoceroides: Bolton, 1995b: 75. [Material of unavailable name formerly referred to cryptoceroides by Bolton, 1981b: 250.]

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