Cataulacus coriaceus

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Cataulacus coriaceus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataulacus pullus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cataulacus
Species: Cataulacus coriaceus
Stitz, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • coriaceus. Cataulacus coriaceus Stitz, 1910: 138, fig. 7 (w.) CAMEROUN. Junior synonym of pullus: Bolton, 1974a: 26.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 1-105 (page 26, Junior synonym of pullus)
  • Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 5: 125-151 (page 138, fig. 7 worker described)