Podomyrma convergens

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Podomyrma convergens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Podomyrma femorata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species: Podomyrma convergens
Forel, 1895

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

Nomenclature

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

  • convergens. Podomyrma convergens Forel 1895f: 427 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of femorata: Taylor, 1999: 174.

References

  • Forel, A. 1895g. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltées à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland, par M. Gilbert Turner. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 417-428 (page 427, queen described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 (page 174, Junior synonym of femorata)