Rhizomyrma pachycera

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Rhizomyrma pachycera
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acropyga goeldii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Acropyga
Species: Rhizomyrma pachycera
Emery, 1906

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pachycera. Rhizomyrma pachycera Emery, 1906c: 182 (w.q.) PARAGUAY. Combination in Acropyga (Rhizomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 30. Junior synonym of goeldii: LaPolla, 2004a: 49.

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