Cylindromyrmex williamsi

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Cylindromyrmex williamsi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex whymperi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Cylindromyrmex
Species: Cylindromyrmex williamsi
Wheeler, W.M., 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • williamsi. Cylindromyrmex williamsi Wheeler, W.M. 1924a: 101, fig. 19 (w.q.) ECUADOR (Galapagos Is). Junior synonym of striatus: Brown, 1975: 38; of whymperi: De Andrade, 1998a: 596.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 38, junior synonym of striatus)
  • De Andrade, M. L. 1998a. Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 105: 581-664 (page 596, Junior synonym of whymperi)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1924b. The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica (N. Y.) 5: 101-122 (page 101, fig. 19 worker, queen described)