Mycetophylax bruchi pauper

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Mycetophylax bruchi pauper
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paramycetophylax bruchi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Paramycetophylax
Species: Mycetophylax bruchi pauper
Santschi, 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pauper. Mycetophylax bruchi var. pauper Santschi, 1923c: 268. Unnecessary replacement name for simplex Santschi, 1922b: 355. [Previously junior secondary homonym of Cyphomyrmex simplex Emery, 1888c: 361, when both names had combinations in Mycetophylax.] Junior synonym of bruchi: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 27.

References

  • Emery, C. 1888c [1887]. Formiche della provincia di Rio Grande do Sûl nel Brasile, raccolte dal dott. Hermann von Ihering. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 19: 352-366 (page 361, primary homonym)
  • Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 345-378 (page 355, [Junior secondary homonym of simplex Emery, 1888c: 361.])
  • Santschi, F. 1923c. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 245-273 (page 268, Replacement name for simplex Santschi, 1922)