Dolichoderus sinensis

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Dolichoderus sinensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dolichoderus sibiricus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus sinensis
Wheeler, W.M., 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sinensis. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) sinensis Wheeler, W.M. 1921e: 111, fig. 1 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of sibiricus: Yasumatsu, 1962: 96.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1921e. Chinese ants collected by Prof. C. W. Howard. Psyche (Camb.) 28: 110-115 (page 111, fig. 1 worker described)
  • Yasumatsu, K. 1962. Notes on synonymies of five ants widely spread in the Orient (Hym.: Formicidae). Mushi 36: 93-97 (page 96, Junior synonym of sibiricus)