Myrmecina graminicola texana
Myrmecina graminicola texana | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecina americana) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Myrmecina |
Species: | Myrmecina graminicola texana Wheeler, W.M., 1908 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmecina americana.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- texana. Myrmecina graminicola subsp. texana Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 422 (w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of americana: Creighton, 1950a: 250. Junior synonym of americana: Brown, 1967c: 236.
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967c. Studies on North American ants. II. Myrmecina. Entomol. News 78: 233-240 (page 236, Junior synonym of americana)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 250, Subspecies of americana)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 422, worker described)