Trachymyrmex relictus fitzgeraldi

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Trachymyrmex relictus fitzgeraldi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius relictus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycetomoellerius
Species: Trachymyrmex relictus fitzgeraldi
Weber, 1937

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fitzgeraldi. Trachymyrmex relictus subsp. fitzgeraldi Weber, 1937: 401 (w.) TRINIDAD.
    • Junior synonym of relictus: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2002: 686.

References

  • Mayhé-Nunes, A. J.; Brandão, C. 2002. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 1: definition of the genus and the opulentus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 40: 667-698 (page 686, Junior synonym of relictus)
  • Weber, N. A. 1937. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part l. New forms. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 7: 378-409 (page 401, worker described)