Melissotarsus compressus
Melissotarsus compressus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melissotarsus emeryi) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Melissotarsus |
Species: | Melissotarsus compressus Weber, 1952 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Melissotarsus emeryi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- compressus. Melissotarsus compressus Weber, 1952a: 1, figs. 28, 29 (q.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Junior synonym of emeryi: Bolton, 1982: 337.
References
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370. (page 336, Junior synonym of emeryi)
- Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548: 1-32. (page 1, figs. 28, 29 queen described)