Myrmicocrypta corniculata

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Myrmicocrypta corniculata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmicocrypta collaris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Myrmicocrypta
Species: Myrmicocrypta corniculata
Emery, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • corniculata. Myrmicocrypta corniculata Emery, 1913b: 253, fig. 2 (q.) PERU. Junior synonym of collaris: Weber, 1958d: 261.

References

  • Emery, C. 1913c. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [V-VII.]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 250-262 (page 253, fig. 2 queen described)
  • Weber, N. A. 1958e. Some attine synonyms and types (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 60: 259-264 (page 261, Junior synonym of collaris)