Myrmecia tricolor rogeri

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Myrmecia tricolor rogeri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia simillima)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia tricolor rogeri
Emery, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rogeri. Myrmecia tricolor var. rogeri Emery, 1914b: 181 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (q.). Raised to species: Clark, 1951: 32. Junior synonym of simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12.

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