.jpg){kind=logo}
Metapone nicobarensis
| Metapone nicobarensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Metapone jacobsoni) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Metapone |
| Species: | Metapone nicobarensis Tiwari & Jonathan, 1986 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Metapone jacobsoni.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nicobarensis. Metapone nicobarensis Tiwari & Jonathan, 1986b: 150, fig. 1 (w.q.) INDIA (Nicobar Is). Junior synonym of jacobsoni: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 518.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 258, catalogue)
- Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105(6):501-545. [2016-04-27]
- Tiwari, R. N.; Jonathan, J. K. 1986b. A new species of Metapone Forel from Nicobar Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Rec. Zool. Surv. India 83: 149-153 (page 150, fig. 1 worker, queen described)