Cerapachys risii

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • risii. Cerapachys risii Forel, 1892l: 244 (footnote) (w.) CHINA (Hong Kong). Junior synonym of sulcinodis: Brown, 1975: 23. [Incorrectly revived from synonymy by Tang, Li, et al. 1995: 27.]

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 145, 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 sulcinodis)
  • Forel, A. 1892k. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part I. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 219-245 (page 244, (footnote) worker described)