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Discothyrea oculata sculptior
| Discothyrea sculptior | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Discothyrea oculata) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | Discothyrea sculptior Santschi, 1913
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Discothyrea oculata.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sculptior. Discothyrea oculata var. sculptior Santschi, 1913c: 302 (w.) CONGO.
- Subspecies of oculata: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 761; Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 107.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 171.
- Junior synonym of oculta: Hita-Garcia & Lieberman et al., 2019: 24.
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 253, Raised to species)
- Hita-Garcia, F., Lieberman, Z., Audisio, T.L., Liu, C., Economo, E.P. 2019. Revision of the highly specialized ant genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics with x-ray microtomography and 3D cybertaxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(6): 5; 1–84 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixz015).
- Santschi, F. 1913c. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 302-314 (page 302, worker described)