Myrmelachista costaricensis

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Myrmelachista costaricensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmelachista plebecula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmelachistini
Genus: Myrmelachista
Species: Myrmelachista costaricensis
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • costaricensis. Myrmelachista costaricensis Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 196, fig. 3 (w.m.) COSTA RICA. Junior synonym of plebecula: Longino, 2006a: 43.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 196, fig. 3 worker, male described)