Dolichoderus bidens albatus

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Dolichoderus bidens albatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dolichoderus spurius)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus bidens albatus
Viehmeyer, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • albatus. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) bidens subsp. albatus Viehmeyer, 1922: 213 (w.) PERU. Combination in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 119; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Junior synonym of spurius: Mackay, 1993b: 97.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 119, Combination in Hypoclinea)
  • Mackay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 97, Junior synnonym of spurius)
  • Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 77, Combination in Dolichoderus)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 213, worker described)