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Calyptomyrmex cataractae litoralis
| Calyptomyrmex cataractae litoralis | |
|---|---|
| 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 litoralis Arnold, 1948 |
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.
- litoralis. Calyptomyrmex cataractae subsp. litoralis Arnold, 1948: 221 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65.
References
- Arnold, G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 213-250 (page 221, 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 piripilis)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)