Rhytidoponera gagates waigeuensis

Rhytidoponera gagates waigeuensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera nexa)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	Rhytidoponera gagates waigeuensis Donisthorpe, 1942

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

Nomenclature

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

• waigeuensis. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) gagates subsp. waigeuensis Donisthorpe, 1942e: 703 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Donisthorpe, 1943d: 435 (m.). Junior synonym of nexa: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Wilson, 1958d: 312.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1942f. New species of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from the Gold Coast, Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea and New Hebrides. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(9): 701-709.