Sysphincta europaea rossica

Sysphincta europaea rossica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Proceratium melinum)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Proceratiinae
Tribe:	Proceratiini
Genus:	Proceratium
Species:	Sysphincta europaea rossica Arnol'di, 1930

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

Nomenclature

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

• rossica. Sysphincta europaea subsp. rossica Arnol'di, 1930b: 144, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) RUSSIA. [Also described as new by Arnol'di, 1930d: 157.] Junior synonym of melinum: Brown, 1958g: 248.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1930b. Studien über die Systematik der Ameisen. V. Der erste Vertreter der Tribe Proceratiini (Formicidae) in USSR. Zool. Anz. 91: 143-146.

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1930d. On the representatives of two tribes of ponerine ants new for the U.S.S.R. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 24: 156-161.