Myrmicaria nitida brunnea

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Myrmicaria nitida brunnea
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Myrmicaria fumata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Myrmicaria
Species: Myrmicaria nitida brunnea
Santschi, 1915

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Myrmicaria fumata.

Nomenclature

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

  • brunnea. Myrmicaria nitida var. brunnea Santschi, 1915c: 254 (w.) IVORY COAST. [Junior primary homonym of brunnea Saunders, above.] Replacement name: fumata Santschi, 1916d: 242.

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