Crematogaster inca

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Crematogaster inca
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster brasiliensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster inca
Wheeler, W.M., 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • inca. Crematogaster (Eucrema) inca Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 27 (w.) PERU. Junior synonym of brasiliensis: Longino, 2003a: 37.

References

  • Longino, J. T. 2003a. The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (page 37, Junior synonym of brasiliensis)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Ark. Zool. 17A(8 8: 1-55 (page 27, worker described)