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Sericomyrmex aztecus
| Sericomyrmex aztecus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Sericomyrmex opacus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Sericomyrmex |
| Species: | Sericomyrmex aztecus Forel, 1885
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Sericomyrmex opacus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aztecus. Sericomyrmex aztecus Forel, 1885a: 363 (w.) MEXICO.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 150; Forel, 1899c: 37; Forel, 1912e: 192 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 11 (in key); Emery, 1924d: 339; Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 178; Kempf, 1972a: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 382.
- Junior synonym of opacus: Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a: 72.
References
- Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 363, worker described)
- Ješovnik, A., Schultz, T.R. 2017. Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys, 670, 1–109 (DOI 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839).