Cerapachys ceylonica

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Cerapachys ceylonica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera allaborans)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Cerapachys ceylonica
Motschoulsky, 1863

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ceylonica. Cerapachys ceylonica Motschoulsky, 1863: 22 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of compressa: Emery, 1892b: 167.

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