Dolichoderus germaini leviusculus

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Dolichoderus germaini leviusculus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dolichoderus diversus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus germaini leviusculus
Emery, 1906

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

Nomenclature

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

  • leviusculus. Dolichoderus germaini subsp. leviusculus Emery, 1906c: 173 (w.) BRAZIL. Forel, 1909a: 260 (q.). Combination in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 119; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Junior synonym of diversus: Mackay, 1993b: 50.

References

  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 173, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 239-269 (page 260, queen described)
  • 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 50, Junior synonym of diversus)
  • Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 77, Combination in Dolichoderus)