Dorylus klugi

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Dorylus klugi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dorylus laevigatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: Dorylus klugi
Emery, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • klugi. Dorylus klugi Emery, 1887b: 448, pl. 1, fig. 10, attributed to Hagenbach (m.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Junior synonym of laevigatus: Forel, 1901a: 464.

References

  • Emery, C. 1887f. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 433-448 (page 448, pl. 1, fig. 10 male described (attributed to Hagenbach))
  • Forel, A. 1901a. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VIII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 462-477 (page 464, Junior synonym of laevigatus)