Oligomyrmex taprobanae
Oligomyrmex taprobanae | |
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Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Carebara sinhala) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | Oligomyrmex taprobanae Forel, 1911 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Carebara sinhala.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- taprobanae. Oligomyrmex taprobanae Forel, 1911i: 219 (s.w.) SRI LANKA. [Junior primary homonym of taprobanae Smith, F. 1858: 175.] Replacement name: Carebara sinhala Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014: 71. Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
References
- 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.
- Forel, A. 1911c. Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion). Pp. 215-228 in: Escherich, K. Termitenleben auf Ceylon. Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp. (page 219, soldier, worker described)