Aphaenogaster smythiesi sinensis

Aphaenogaster smythiesi sinensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Aphaenogaster japonica)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aphaenogaster
Species:	Aphaenogaster smythiesi sinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

• sinensis. Aphaenogaster smythiesi subsp. sinensis Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 9 (w.) CHINA. Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 2 (q.m.). Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1976b: 1022. Junior synonym of japonica: Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 114. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 119.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1976b. Review of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the USSR. Zool. Zh. 5 55: 1019-1026.
• Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1990a. Ants of the Far Eastern USSR. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 258 pp.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 3-38.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361: 1-11.
• Wu, J., Wang, C. 1995. The ants of China. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.