Diacamma compressum

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)

• Laciny, A.; Pal, A.; Zettel, H. 2015. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma Mayr, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), part 1. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 67:83-136.

• Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 660, worker described)