Trachymyrmex pruinosus spinosior

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Trachymyrmex pruinosus spinosior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius pruinosus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycetomoellerius
Species: Trachymyrmex pruinosus spinosior
Santschi, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • spinosior. Trachymyrmex pruinosus var. spinosior Santschi, 1922b: 359 (w.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of pruinosus: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2005: 294.

References

  • Mayhé-Nunes, A. J.; Brandão, C. R. F. 2005. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 2: the Iheringi group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45(2): 271-305 (page 294, junior synonym of pruinosus)
  • Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 345-378 (page 359, worker described)