Cerapachys mayri brachynodus

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Cerapachys mayri brachynodus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lioponera mayri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: Cerapachys mayri brachynodus
Forel, 1892

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brachynodus. Cerapachys mayri var. brachynodus Forel, 1892k: 520 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Junior synonym of mayri: Brown, 1975: 23.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 23, Junior synonym of mayri)
  • Forel, A. 1892l. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36: 516-535 (page 520, worker described)