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Cyphomyrmex acutus
| Cyphomyrmex acutus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cyphomyrmex salvini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Cyphomyrmex |
| Species: | Cyphomyrmex acutus Weber, 1940 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cyphomyrmex salvini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- acutus. Cyphomyrmex acutus Weber, 1940a: 409 (diagnosis in key) (w.) PANAMA. Subspecies of salvini: Weber, 1958d: 261. Junior synonym of salvini: Kempf, 1966: 190.
References
- Kempf, W. W. 1966 [1965]. A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part II: Group of rimosus (Spinola) (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 8: 161-200 (page 190, Junior synonym of salvini)
- Weber, N. A. 1940b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VI. Key to Cyphomyrmex, new Attini and a new guest ant. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 11: 406-427 (page 409, (diagnosis in key) worker described)
- Weber, N. A. 1958e. Some attine synonyms and types (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 60: 259-264 (page 261, Subspecies of salvini)