Cerapachys seini

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Cerapachys seini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ooceraea biroi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Ooceraea
Species: Cerapachys seini
Mann, 1931

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

Nomenclature

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

  • seini. Cerapachys (Syscia) seini Mann, 1931: 440, fig. 1 (w.) PUERTO RICO. Junior synonym of silvestrii: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 33.

References

  • Mann, W. M. 1931. A new ant from Porto Rico. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21: 440-441 (page 440, fig. 1 worker described)
  • Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109 (page 33, junior synonym of silvestrii)