Myrmoxenus gordiagini menozzii

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Myrmoxenus gordiagini menozzii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax gordiagini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Myrmoxenus gordiagini menozzii
Finzi, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • menozzii. Myrmoxenus gordiagini subsp. menozzii Finzi, 1924b: 120 (q.m.) ITALY. Junior synonym of gordiagini: Buschinger, Winter & Faber, 1984: 336.

References

  • Buschinger, A.; Winter, U.; Faber, W. 1984 [1983]. The biology of Myrmoxenus gordiagini Ruzsky, a slave-making ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 90: 335-342 (page 336, Junior synonym of gordiagini)
  • Finzi, B. 1924b. Secondo contributo alla conoscenza della fauna mirmecologica della Venezia Giulia. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 56: 120-123 (page 120, queen, male described)