Phyracaces cooperi

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Phyracaces cooperi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lioponera vespula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: Lioponera cooperi
Arnold, 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cooperi. Phyracaces cooperi Arnold, 1915: 18 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of cooperi Arnold, above.] Junior synonym of vespula: Brown, 1975: 24.

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