Glyphopone rufigaster

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Glyphopone rufigaster
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Centromyrmex bequaerti)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Centromyrmex
Species: Glyphopone rufigaster
Arnold, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rufigaster. Glyphopone (Leptopone) rufigaster Arnold, 1916: 163, fig. 10 (q.) ZIMBABWE. Combination in Leptopone: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 766. Junior synonym of bequaerti: Brown, 1963: 10.

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