Diacamma compressum

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Diacamma compressum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Diacamma scalpratum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Diacamma
Species: Diacamma compressum
Mayr, 1879

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

Nomenclature

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

  • compressum. Diacamma compressum Mayr, 1879: 660 (w.) INDIA. Junior synonym of scalpratum: Dalla Torre, 1893: 29.

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 29, Junior synonym of scalpratum)
  • Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 660, worker described)