Pogonomyrmex cunicularis carnivora

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Pogonomyrmex cunicularis carnivora
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex serpens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex cunicularis carnivora
Santschi, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • carnivora. Pogonomyrmex cunicularis var. carnivora Santschi, 1925e: 155, fig. 2 (w.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of cunicularius: Kusnezov, 1951a: 251. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1972b: 236. Junior synonym of cunicularius: Bolton, 1995b: 340; of serpens: Johnson, 2015: 56.

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.