Pachycondyla tonkina

Pachycondyla tonkina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ectomomyrmex javanus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Ectomomyrmex
Species:	Pachycondyla tonkina Santschi, 1920 Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

• tonkina. Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex) tonkina Santschi, 1920h: 159 (w.) VIETNAM.
  • [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 96.]
  • Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 1.
  • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310.
  • Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 194.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1924c: 96; Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 1; Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 1; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 59; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 310 (error) ; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 109 (error); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 61 (error).
  • Junior synonym of javanus: Yasumatsu, 1962: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 306.

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 310, combination in Pachycondyla)
• Santschi, F. 1920h. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 60: 158-176 (page 159, worker described)
• 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. 1927e. A few ants from China and Formosa. American Museum Novitates 259: 1-4 (page 1, Combination in Ectomomyrmex)