Aphaenogaster relicta epinotalis

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Aphaenogaster relicta epinotalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster relicta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Aphaenogaster
Species: Aphaenogaster relicta epinotalis
Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

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Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • epinotalis. Aphaenogaster relicta subsp. epinotalis Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 27, figs. 8a,b (w.) HAITI.
    • Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler, W.M. & Creighton, 1934: 384.
    • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1995b: 69.
    • Junior synonym of relicta: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 375.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 69, combination in Aphaenogaster, revived combination, catalogue)
  • Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E. 2017. The New World Gypsy Ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius. 605 pp.
  • Wheeler, W. M.; Creighton, W. S. 1934. A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 69: 341-387 (page 384, combination in Veromessor)
  • Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 33: 1-61 (page 27, figs. 8a, b worker described)