Macromischa alayorum

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Macromischa alayorum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax gundlachi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Macromischa alayorum
Fontenla Rizo, 1993

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

Nomenclature

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

  • alayorum. Macromischa alayorum Fontenla Rizo, 1993: 2, fig. 1 (w.) CUBA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of gundlachi: Fontenla Rizo, 1997a: 50.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
  • Fontenla Rizo, J. L. 1993b. Notas sobre el género Macromischa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en Cuba, y descripción de una nueva especie. Poeyana Inst. Ecol. Sist. Acad. Cienc. Cuba 442: 1-7 (page 2, fig. 1 worker described)
  • Fontenla Rizo, J. L. 1997b. Notas y sinónimos nuevos de Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Cuba. Avicennia 7: 47-53 (page 50, junior synonym of gundlachi)