Cataulacus foveosquamosus

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Cataulacus foveosquamosus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataulacus intrudens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cataulacus
Species: Cataulacus foveosquamosus
Santschi, 1937

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

Nomenclature

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

  • foveosquamosus. Cataulacus foveosquamosus Santschi, 1937a: 58, figs. 8, 9 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of intrudens: Bolton, 1974a: 43.

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 43, Junior synonym of intrudens)
  • Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 47-66 (page 58, figs. 8, 9 queen described)