Wasmannia bruchi

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Wasmannia bruchi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Wasmannia sulcaticeps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Wasmannia
Species: Wasmannia bruchi
Santschi, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bruchi. Wasmannia bruchi Santschi, 1919f: 43 (w.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of sulcaticeps: Kusnezov, 1952e: 174 (in text).

References

  • Kusnezov, N. 1952h [1951]. El género Wasmannia en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 10: 173-182 (page 174, Junior synonym of sulcaticeps (in text))
  • Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 87: 37-57 (page 43, worker described)