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Calyptomyrmex cataractae
| Calyptomyrmex cataractae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Calyptomyrmex piripilis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | Calyptomyrmex cataractae Arnold, 1926 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Calyptomyrmex piripilis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cataractae. Calyptomyrmex cataractae Arnold, 1926: 283 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 35 (l.). Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65.
References
- Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 283, worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81. (page 65, junior synonym of piriipilis)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1973a. The ant larvae of six tribes: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 8: 27-39 (page 35, larva described)