Cerapachys singularis rotula

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Cerapachys singularis rotula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lioponera singularis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: Cerapachys singularis rotula
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rotula. Cerapachys (Phyracaces) singularis subsp. rotula Forel, 1910b: 21 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1911d: 11.
    • Subspecies of singularis: Emery, 1911d: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 242.
    • Junior synonym of singularis: Brown, 1975: 23.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 144, catalogue)
  • Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 23, junior synonym of singularis, combination in Cerapachys)
  • Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 11, combination in Phyracaces)
  • Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 21, worker described)