Crematogaster pacifica

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Crematogaster lobata pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: Crematogaster pacifica
Santschi, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pacifica. Crematogaster pacifica Santschi, 1919b: 236 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in C. (Crematogaster): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1023. Subspecies of lobata: Santschi, 1930a: 63. Junior synonym of lobata: Blaimer & Fisher, 2013: 32.

References

  • Blaimer, B.B. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 51: 1-64 (DOI 10.5852/ejt.2013.51).
  • Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 236, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 70: 49-77 (page 63, Variety of lobata)
  • 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 1023, Combination in C. (Crematogaster))