Acropyga acutiventris bugnioni

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Acropyga acutiventris bugnioni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acropyga rubescens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Acropyga
Species: Acropyga acutiventris bugnioni
Forel, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bugnioni. Acropyga acutiventris subsp. bugnioni Forel, 1911i: 226 (w.q.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of rubescens: LaPolla, 2004a: 33.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 57, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1911c. Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion). Pp. 215-228 in: Escherich, K. Termitenleben auf Ceylon. Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp. (page 226, worker, queen described)
  • LaPolla, J. S. 2004. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World. The American Entomological Institute 33(3): 1-130 (page 33, junior synonym of rubescens)