Azteca muelleri pallida

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Azteca muelleri pallida
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Azteca schimperi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Azteca
Species: Azteca muelleri pallida
Stitz, 1937

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pallida. Azteca muelleri var. pallida Stitz, 1937: 135 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of schimperi: Longino, 2007: 59.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 79, catalogue)
  • Stitz, H. 1937b. Einige Ameisen aus Mexiko. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1937: 132-136 (page 135, worker described)