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Plagiolepis maura polygyna
| Plagiolepis maura polygyna | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Plagiolepis schmitzii) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Plagiolepis |
| Species: | Plagiolepis maura polygyna Santschi, 1922 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Plagiolepis schmitzii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- polygyna. Plagiolepis maura var. palygyna Santschi, 1922a: 67 (w.q.) TUNISIA.
- [Justified emendation of spelling to polygyna: Emery, 1925b: 21.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 21.
- Subspecies of pallescens: Bolton, 1995b: 335; Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018: 821.
- Junior synonym of schmitzii: Seifert, 2020: 187.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 335, Subspecies of pallescens)
- Santschi, F. 1922b. Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis paléarctiques. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 13: 66-68 (page 67, worker, queen described)
- Seifert, B. 2020. Revision of the Plagiolepis schmitzii group with description of Pl. invadens sp. nov. – a new invasive supercolonial species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 67(2): 183–196 (doi:10.3897/dez.67.53199).