Melissotarsus emeryi pilipes

Melissotarsus emeryi pilipes
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 emeryi pilipes Santschi, 1914

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.

• pilipes. Melissotarsus emeryi var. pilipes Santschi, 1914b: 71 (w.) KENYA. 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.