Mystrium fallax

Mystrium fallax
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mystrium voeltzkowi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Mystrium
Species:	Mystrium fallax Forel, 1897

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

Nomenclature

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

• fallax. Mystrium fallax Forel, 1897c: 192 (w.m.) MADAGASCAR. Subspecies of voeltzkowi: Emery, 1911d: 23. Revived status as species: Menozzi, 1929d: 532; Brown, 1960a: 170; junior synonym of voeltzkowi: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014: 91.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 170, revived status as species)
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 23, Variety of voeltzkowi)
• Forel, A. 1897d. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen und von Herrn. Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges. 21: 185-208 (page 192, worker, male described)
• Menozzi, C. 1929e. Revisione delle formiche del genere Mystrium Roger. Zool. Anz. 82: 518-536 (page 532, revived status as species)
• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae). ZooKeys 394, 1–99.