Liomyrmex reneae

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Liomyrmex reneae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Liomyrmex gestroi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Liomyrmex
Species: Liomyrmex reneae
Donisthorpe, 1948

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

Nomenclature

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

  • reneae. Liomyrmex reneae Donisthorpe, 1948a: 293, fig. 1 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.

References

  • Donisthorpe, H. 1948a [1947]. Liomyrmex reneae sp. n. (Hym., Formicidae) with a list of the species and some notes on the genus Liomyrmex Mayr. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 83: 293-294 (page 293, fig. 1 worker described)
  • Rigato, F.; Bolton, B. 2001. The ant genus Liomyrmex: a review (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 133: 247-256 (page 245, Junior synonym of gestroi)