Crematogaster constructor kirbyi

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Crematogaster constructor kirbyi
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Crematogaster constructor kirbyella)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster constructor kirbyi
Mayr, 1895

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Crematogaster constructor kirbyella.

Nomenclature

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

  • kirbyi. Crematogaster constructor var. kirbyi Mayr, 1895: 137, fig. 3 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: (no further data).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Myrmica kirbii Sykes, 1835: 99.]
    • Subspecies of constructor: Arnold, 1920a: 535; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 836.
    • Replacement name: Crematogaster (Acrocoelia) constructor var. kirbyella Emery, 1922e: 146.

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