Pogonomyrmex cunicularis brevispinus

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Pogonomyrmex cunicularis brevispinus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex cunicularis brevispinus
Santschi, 1931

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brevispinus. Pogonomyrmex cunicularis var. brevispinus Santschi, 1931e: 275 (w. ergatoid q.m.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of cunicularius: Kusnezov, 1951a: 251; by Johnson, 2015: 44.

References

  • Johnson, R.A. 2015. A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. Zootaxa 4029: 1–142.