Aphaenogaster conica

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Aphaenogaster conica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster iberica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster conica
Viehmeyer, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • conica. Aphaenogaster conica Viehmeyer, 1914b: 40 (w.) SPAIN. Junior synonym of iberica: Viehmeyer, 1922: 205; Santschi, 1925g: 341.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, catalogue)
  • Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 1: 339-360 (page 341, junior synonym of iberica)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1914b [1913]. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(1 12: 24-60 (page 40, worker described)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 205, junior synonym of iberica)