Calyptomyrmex schraderi

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Calyptomyrmex schraderi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Calyptomyrmex beccarii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Calyptomyrmex
Species: Calyptomyrmex schraderi
Forel, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • schraderi. Calyptomyrmex schraderi Forel, 1901h: 50 (q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of beccarii: Taylor, 1991b: 600.

Neotype worker from Iron Range, Queensland, ANIC32-047446, designated by Taylor (1991) (Australian National Insect Collection).

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 50, queen, male described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 30: 599-614 (page 600, junior synonym of beccarii)