Cyphomyrmex rimosus trinitatis

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Cyphomyrmex rimosus trinitatis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cyphomyrmex hamulatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Cyphomyrmex
Species: Cyphomyrmex rimosus trinitatis
Weber, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • trinitatis. Cyphomyrmex rimosus subsp. trinitatis Weber, 1938b: 189 (w.q.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of hamulatus: Snelling, R.R. & Longino, 1992: 490.

References

  • Snelling, R. R.; Longino, J. T. 1992. Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Pp. 479-494 in: Quintero, D., Aiello, A. (eds.) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected stu (page 490, Junior synonym of hamulatus)
  • Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 9: 154-206 (page 189, worker, queen described)