Eciton clavicornis

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Eciton clavicornis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Neivamyrmex pilosus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: Eciton clavicornis
Norton, 1868

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

Nomenclature

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

  • clavicornis. Eciton clavicornis Norton, 1868b: 46 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of pilosus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 5; Emery, 1910b: 25; of mexicanus: Mayr, 1886b: 120; Borgmeier, 1955: 361.

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