Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris

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Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataglyphis nodus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris
Emery, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rufiventris. Cataglyphis bicolor var. rufiventris Emery, 1925b: 265 (w.) GREECE. [First available use of Myrmecocystus (Cataglyphis) viaticus subsp. orientalis var. rufiventris Forel, 1911d: 353; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of nodus: Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 383.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 265, worker described)