Odontomachus gulosus

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Odontomachus gulosus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontomachus testaceus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: Odontomachus gulosus
Emery, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gulosus. Odontomachus gulosus Emery, 1901h: 160 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500.

References

  • Emery, C. 1901k. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio tertia. Természetr. Füz. 25: 152-160 (page 160, worker described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 1959c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510 (page 500, Junior synonym of testaceus)