Crematogaster brevispinosa projecta

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Crematogaster brevispinosa projecta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster erecta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster brevispinosa projecta
Santschi, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • projecta. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) brevispinosa st. projecta Santschi, 1925d: 230 (w.) SURINAM. Junior synonym of erecta: Longino, 2003a: 63.

References

  • Longino, J. T. 2003a. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (page 63, Junior synonym of erecta)
  • Santschi, F. 1925d. Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 65: 221-247 (page 230, worker described)