Pseudomyrma canescens Wasmann

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Pseudomyrma canescens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma canescens
Wasmann, 1915

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus.

Nomenclature

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

  • canescens. Pseudomyrma canescens Wasmann, 1915a: 321, pl. 14, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) MEXICO. [Junior primary homonym of canescens Smith, above.] Replacement name: wasmanni Wheeler, W.M. 1921b: 92 (footnote).

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