Plagiolepis clarki impasta

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Plagiolepis clarki impasta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Plagiolepis clarki)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Plagiolepis
Species: Plagiolepis clarki impasta
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • impasta. Plagiolepis clarki subsp. impasta Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 158 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Subspecies of clarki: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 335.
    • Junior synonym of clarki: Heterick, 2021: 18.

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