Cerapachys mirandus

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Cerapachys mirandus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Chrysapace jacobsoni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Chrysapace
Species: Cerapachys mirandus
Wheeler, W.M., 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mirandus. Cerapachys mirandus Wheeler, W.M. 1924d: 224 (in text) (ergatoid q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Junior synonym of crawleyi: Brown, 1975: 22.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 144, 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 22, junior synonym of crawleyi)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1924e. On the ant-genus Chrysapace Crawley. Psyche (Camb.) 31: 224-225 (page 224, queen described)