Pristomyrmex pegasus

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Pristomyrmex pegasus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pristomyrmex obesus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Pristomyrmex
Species: Pristomyrmex pegasus
Mann, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pegasus. Pristomyrmex pegasus Mann, 1919: 338, fig. 27 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of obesus: Wang, M. 2003: 509.

References

  • Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 338, fig. 27 worker described)
  • Wang, M. 2003. A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Pristomyrmex (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157(6): 383-542 (page 509, Junior synonym of obesus)