Pheidologeton affinis australis

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Pheidologeton affinis australis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Carebara affinis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: Pheidologeton affinis australis
Forel, 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • australis. Pheidologeton affinis var. australis Forel, 1915b: 68 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1918a: 722 (s.). Raised to species: Forel, 1918a: 721. Junior synonym of affinis: Taylor, 1991b: 608.

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