Bothriomyrmex menozzii

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Bothriomyrmex menozzii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothriomyrmex corsicus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Bothriomyrmex
Species: Bothriomyrmex menozzii
Emery, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • menozzii. Bothriomyrmex menozzii Emery, 1925e: 17, figs. B8, C8 (q.m.) ITALY. Kutter, 1971: 270 (w.). Junior synonym of corsicus: Seifert, 2012: 100. See also: Kutter, 1977c: 176.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 81, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1925c. Les espèces européennes et orientales du genre Bothriomyrmex. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 5-22 (page 17, figs. B8, C8 queen, male described)
  • Kutter, H. 1971. Taxonomische Studien an schweizer Ameisen (Hymenopt., Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 43: 258-271 (page 270, worker described)
  • Kutter, H. 1977c. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Insecta Helv. Fauna 6: 1-298 (page 176, see also)
  • Seifert, B. 2012. A review of the West Palaearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869. Myrmecological News 17: 91-104.