Aphaenogaster araneoides nitidiventris

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Aphaenogaster araneoides nitidiventris
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster inermis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster araneoides nitidiventris
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nitidiventris. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) araneoides var. nitidiventris Forel, 1912g: 15 (w.m.) COSTA RICA.
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Kempf, 1972a: 23.
    • Junior synonym of phalangium: Longino & Cover, 2004: 10.
    • Junior synonym of inermis: Mackay & Dash, 2017: 7.

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