Oxyopomyrmex gaetulus

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Oxyopomyrmex gaetulus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Oxyopomyrmex
Species: Oxyopomyrmex gaetulus
Santschi, 1929

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gaetulus. Oxyopomyrmex gaetulus Santschi, 1929e: 146 (q.m.) MOROCCO. Status as species: Cagniant, 1970a: 416; Cagniant, 2006a: 197. Junior synonym of saulcyi: Salata & Borowiec, 2015b: 55.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 69: 138-165 (page 146, queen, male described)
  • Salata, S. & Borowiec, L. 2015b. A taxonomic revision of the genus Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881. Zootaxa 4025: 1-66.