Cryptopone mayri fuscior

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Cryptopone mayri fuscior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cryptopone fusciceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Cryptopone
Species: Cryptopone mayri fuscior
Mann, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fuscior. Cryptopone mayri var. fuscior Mann, 1919: 294 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Raised to species: Wheeler, W.M. 1933g: 8. Junior synonym of fusciceps: Wilson, 1958d: 358.

References

  • Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 294, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1933g. Three obscure genera of ponerine ants. American Museum Novitates 672: 1-23 (page 8, raised to species)
  • Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371 (page 358, junior synonym of fusciceps)