Aenictus mariae natalensis

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Aenictus mariae natalensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aenictus mariae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Aenictus
Species: Aenictus mariae natalensis
Forel, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • natalensis. Aenictus mariae var. natalensis Forel, in Emery, 1901d: 49 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Natal (Haviland).
    • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
    • Subspecies of mariae: Emery, 1910b: 31; Santschi, 1914e: 14; Arnold, 1915: 141; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 753; Bolton, 1995b: 60.
    • Junior synonym of mariae: Gomez, 2022: 54.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

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