Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis

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Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pristomyrmex brevispinosus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Pristomyrmex
Species: Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis
Yamane & Terayama, 1999

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

Nomenclature

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

  • yaeyamensis. Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis Yamane & Terayama, 1999: 18, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of formosae Lin & Wu (see note under the latter name); of brevispinosus: Wang, M. 2003: 428.

References

  • 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 428, Junior synonym of brevispinosus)
  • Yamane, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. A new species of Pristomyrmex Mayr from Japan, and a proposal of a new synonym of species in the genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 17-24 (page 18, figs. 1-3 worker, queen described)