Plectroctena emeryi

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Plectroctena emeryi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Plectroctena dentata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Plectroctena
Species: Plectroctena emeryi
Santschi, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • emeryi. Plectroctena emeryi Santschi, 1924a: 164 (ergatoid q., not w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of dentata: Bolton, 1974c: 322.

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