Myrmecocystus cursor caspius

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Myrmecocystus cursor caspius
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataglyphis aenescens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: Myrmecocystus cursor caspius
Ruzsky, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • caspius. Myrmecocystus cursor var. caspius Ruzsky, 1902b: 470 (q.m.) RUSSIA. Ruzsky, 1905b: 447 (w.). Junior synonym of aenescens: Karavaiev, 1910b: 18; Lomnicki, 1925a: 160.

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