Strumigenys sulfurea

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Strumigenys sulfurea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Strumigenys rogeri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: Strumigenys sulfurea
Santschi, 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sulfurea. Strumigenys sulfurea Santschi, 1915c: 261 (w.) GABON. Junior synonym of rogeri: Brown, 1954k: 20.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954k. The ant genus Strumigenys Fred. Smith in the Ethiopian and Malagasy regions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 112: 1-34 (page 20, Junior synonym of rogeri)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1915f. British ants, their life-history and classification. Plymouth: Brendon & Son Ltd., xv + 379 pp. (page 261, worker described)