Epitritus mandibularis

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Pyramica mandibularis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Strumigenys maxillaris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: Epitritus mandibularis
Szabó, 1909

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mandibularis. Epitritus mandibularis Szabó, 1909: 27, fig. 2 (w.) TANZANIA. [Junior secondary homonym of mandibularis Smith.] Replacement name: maxillaris Baroni Urbani, in Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123. Santschi, 1914e: 34 (q.). Combination in Miccostruma: Brown, 1948e: 123; in Smithistruma: Bolton, 1983: 283; in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673. See also: Bolton, 2000: 304.

References

  • Baroni Urbani, C. & De Andrade, M.L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria” 99: 1-191.