Crematogaster gibba
Crematogaster gibba | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster kelleri) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Crematogaster |
Species: | Crematogaster gibba Emery, 1894 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogaster kelleri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- gibba. Crematogaster gibba Emery, 1894a: 70, fig. (w.) SEYCHELLES IS. Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1022; in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 147; in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166. Junior synonym of kelleri: Blaimer & Fisher, 2013: 10.
References
- Blaimer, B.B. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8(7): e68082 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068082).
- Emery, C. 1894b. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Séchelles (mars, avril, mai 1892). 2e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 63: 67-72 (page 70, fig. worker described)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 147, Combination in C. (Acrocoelia))
- 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 (page 1022, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))