Crematogaster longiceps Forel

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Crematogaster longiceps
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Crematogaster longicephala)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster longiceps
Forel, 1910

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Crematogaster longicephala.

Nomenclature

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

  • longiceps. Crematogaster longiceps Forel, 1910b: 32 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory) (date of publication 22.iii.1910).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: central Australia, Tennants Creek (Field).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster longiceps Santschi, 1910c: 376 (Bolton, 1995b: 156).]
    • Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 152;
    • combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 152; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 62; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 156.
    • Replacement name: Crematogaster longicephala Özdikmen, 2010c: 990.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus curticeps.
    • [Note: the infraspecific name curticeps antedates the replacement name longicephala.]

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