Pseudolasius myersi occipitalis

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Pseudolasius myersi occipitalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paraparatrechina weissi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Paraparatrechina
Species: Pseudolasius myersi occipitalis
Weber & Anderson, 1950

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

Nomenclature

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

  • occipitalis. Pseudolasius myersi subsp. occipitalis Weber & Anderson, 1950: 2, figs. 1-18 (s.w.l.) UGANDA. Junior synonym of bayonii: Brown, 1957h: 146.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1957i [1956]. The synonymy and relationships of the ant Pseudolasius bayoni Menozzi. Psyche (Camb.) 63: 146 (page 146, Junior synonym of bayonii)
  • LaPolla, J. S. 2005a. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Pseudolasius (Formicidae: Formicinae) in the Afrotropical region. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 112(2-3): 97-105 (page 102, junior synonym of bayonii, and its senior synonym weissi)
  • Weber, N. A.; Anderson, J. L. 1950. Studies on central African ants of the genus Pseudolasius Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1443: 1-7 (page 2, figs. 1-18 soldier, worker, larva described)