Crematogaster agnita

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Crematogaster agnita
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster obscurata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster agnita
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • agnita. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) agnita Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 175 (w.q.) GUATEMALA. Junior synonym of obscurata: Longino, 2003a: 97.

References

  • Longino, J. T. 2003a. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (page 97, Junior synonym of obscurata)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 175, worker, queen described)