Cataglyphis aenescens aterrima

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Cataglyphis aenescens aterrima
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataglyphis aenescens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: Cataglyphis aenescens aterrima
Pisarski, 1967

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aterrima. Cataglyphis aenescens subsp. aterrima Pisarski, 1967: 417 (w.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) cursor subsp. aenescens var. aterrima Karavaiev, 1916: 507; unavailable name.] Subspecies of cursor: Agosti, 1990b: 1482. Junior synonym of aenescens: Radchenko, 1997c: 436.

References

  • Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1482, Subspecies of cursor)
  • Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425 (page 417, worker described)
  • Radchenko, A. G. 1997e. Review of ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr. 76: 424-442 (page 436, Junior synonym of aenescens)