.jpg){kind=logo}
Pachycondyla asina
| Pachycondyla asina | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species: | Pachycondyla asina Santschi, 1912
|
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- asina. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) asina Santschi, 1912b: 153 (w.) KENYA.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 770.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
- Subspecies of kruegeri: Santschi, 1914e: 4.
- Junior synonym of kruegeri: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 23.
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 303, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Joma, A.M.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2017. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera sulcata species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 143: 7-71
- Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 150-167 (page 153, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 4, Stirps of kruegeri)
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- 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 770, Combination in Bothroponera)