Aenictus greeni

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Aenictus greeni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aenictus porizonoides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: Aenictus greeni
Bingham, 1903

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

Nomenclature

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

  • greeni. Aenictus greeni Bingham, 1903: 11 (m.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of porizonoides: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576.

References

  • Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 11, male described)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 59, catalogue)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1932b. On the identity of some ants from Ceylon described by F. Walker. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(9): 574-576 (page 576, junior synonym of porizonoides)