Trachymyrmex schomburgki

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Trachymyrmex schomburgki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Paratrachymyrmex
Species: Trachymyrmex schomburgki
Weber, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • schomburgki. Trachymyrmex schomburgki Weber, 1938b: 195 (w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of bugnioni: Weber, 1967: 273.

References

  • Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 9: 154-206 (page 195, worker described)
  • Weber, N. A. 1967. Synonyms of Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel and Trachymyrmex diversus Mann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 69: 273-274 (page 273, junior synonym of bugnioni)