Bothroponera perroti admista

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Bothroponera perroti admista
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera perroti)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Bothroponera
Species: Bothroponera perroti admista
Forel, 1892

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

Nomenclature

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

  • admista. Bothroponera perroti r. admista Forel, 1892l: 251 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 35. Subspecies of perroti: Wasmann, 1897: 250; Emery, 1901a: 45. Junior synonym of perroti: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013a: 125.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 302, catalogue)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 35, raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 45, Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera))
  • Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 45, Variety/subspecies of perroti)
  • Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. (page 251, worker described)
  • Rakotonirina, J.C. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region. Zootaxa 3609, 101-141.
  • Wasmann, E. 1897a. Bemerkungen über einige Ameisen von Madagascar. Zool. Anz. 20: 249-250 (page 250, Variety/subspecies of perroti)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)