Odontomachus haematoda minuta

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Odontomachus haematoda minuta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontomachus meinerti)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: Odontomachus haematoda minuta
Luederwaldt, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • minuta. Odontomachus haematoda subsp. minuta Luederwaldt, 1918: 36 (w.) BRAZIL. [First available use of Odontomachus haematodes subsp. pubescens var. minuta Emery, 1894c: 146; unavailable name.] Raised to species: Kempf, 1972a: 172. Senior synonym of dulcis, meinerti: Brown, 1976a: 104. [Brown gives minuta as senior name, but meinerti has priority: Bolton, 1995b: 296.]

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