Proformica deserta

Proformica deserta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataglyphis emeryi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species:	Proformica deserta Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

• deserta. Proformica deserta Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 73, figs. 12-15 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Collingwood, 1961a: 67 (m.); Collingwood, 1962: 222 (q.). Junior synonym of emeryi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 151.

References

• Collingwood, C. A. 1961a [1960]. The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan. Vidensk. Medd. Dan. Naturhist. Foren. 123: 51-79.