Cerapachys roberti

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Cerapachys roberti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Eburopone wroughtoni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Eburopone
Species: Cerapachys roberti
Forel, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • roberti. Cerapachys roberti Forel, 1914d: 212 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 756; Arnold, 1926: 192.
    • Junior synonym of wroughtoni: Brown, 1975: 24.

References

  • Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23: 191-295 (page 192, see also)
  • 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 24, junior synonym of wroughtoni)
  • Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 212, worker described)