Odontomachus gladiator Smith

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Odontomachus gladiator
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Anochetus gladiator)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Anochetus
Species: Odontomachus gladiator
Smith, 1871

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gladiator. Odontomachus gladiator Smith, F. 1871a: 320.
    • Unnecessary (third) replacement name for Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1861b: 44. [Junior primary homonym of Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, F. 1859a: 144.]
    • Junior synonym of gladiator Mayr, 1862: 712: not previously recorded.

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