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Bothroponera pachyderma funerea
| Bothroponera pachyderma funerea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera pachyderma) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species: | Bothroponera pachyderma funerea Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Bothroponera pachyderma.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- funerea. Bothroponera pachyderma var. funerea Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305;
- combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
- Subspecies of pachyderma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 771; Bolton, 1995b: 305.
- Junior synonym of pachyderma: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 305, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Joma, A.M.A., Mackay, W.P. 2020. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera talpa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146: 355-408. (doi:10.3157/061.146.0206).
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 73, queen described)