Myrmecia pilosula mediorubra

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Myrmecia pilosula mediorubra
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia chasei)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia pilosula mediorubra
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mediorubra. Myrmecia pilosula subsp. mediorubra Forel, 1910b: 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 59 (w.). Combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 58. Raised to species: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 58. Junior synonym of chasei: Clark, 1943: 115.

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