Oligomyrmex nanus

Oligomyrmex nanus
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Carebara pumilia)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Carebara
Species:	Oligomyrmex nanus Santschi, 1919

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Carebara pumilia.

Nomenclature

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

• nanus. Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) nanus Santschi, 1919a: 338, fig. 3 (s.w.) MOZAMBIQUE.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Pheidologeton nanus Roger, 1863a: 191.]
  • Combination in Aeromyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882.
  • Combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124.
  • Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882; Arnold, 1926: 234; Weber, 1952a: 12 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 299.
  • Replacement name: Carebara pumilia Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.

References

• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 124, Combination in Oligomyrmex)
• Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymentoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26(1): 191-238 (page 235, Combination in Carebara)
• Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.
• Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 325-350 (page 338, fig. 3 soldier, worker described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 882, Combination in Aeromyrma)