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Bothroponera silvestrii nimba
| Bothroponera silvestrii nimba | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera silvestrii) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species: | Bothroponera silvestrii nimba Bernard, 1953
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Bothroponera silvestrii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nimba. Bothroponera silvestrii r. nimba Bernard, 1953b: 188 (w.) GUINEA.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
- Junior synonym of silvestrii: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17.
References
- Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 (page 188, worker described)
- 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 307, combination in Pachycondyla)
- Joma, A.M.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2017. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera sulcata species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 143: 7-71
- 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).