Pogonomyrmex schmitti darlingtoni

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Pogonomyrmex schmitti darlingtoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex aterrimus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex schmitti darlingtoni
Wheeler, W.M., 1936

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

Nomenclature

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

  • darlingtoni. Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) schmitti subsp. darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M. 1936b: 197 (w.) HAITI. Combination in Ephebomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 106; in Pogonomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 340. Junior synonym of aterrimus: Johnson & Cover, 2015: 233.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 340, Combination in Pogonomyrmex; revived combination)
  • Johnson, R. A. and S. P. Cover. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Hispaniola. 2015. 3972:19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.5
  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 106, Combination in Ephebomyrmex)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80: 195-211 (page 197, worker described)