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Melophorus turneri aesopus
| Melophorus turneri aesopus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melophorus turneri) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Melophorini |
| Genus: | Melophorus |
| Species: | Melophorus turneri aesopus Forel, 1910
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Melophorus turneri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aesopus. Melophorus turneri subsp. aesopus Forel, 1910b: 64 (s.w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA.
- Subspecies of turneri: Emery, 1925b: 12; Clark, 1938: 375; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 250.
- Junior synonym of turneri: Heterick, et al. 2017: 315.
References
- Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 64, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
- Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M., Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700, 1–420 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784).