Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus petiolatus

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Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus petiolatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycetophylax faunulus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycetophylax
Species: Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus petiolatus
Weber, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • petiolatus. Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus subsp. petiolatus Weber, 1938b: 187 (w.q.) BOLIVIA.
    • Junior synonym of faunulus: Kempf, 1964d: 23.
    • Revived from synonymy as subspecies of bigibbosus: Weber, 1966: 167.
    • Junior synonym of faunulus: Kempf, 1972a: 92.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1964d. A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part I: Group of strigatus Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 7: 1-44 (page 23, Junior synonym of faunulus)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 92, Junior synonym of faunulus)
  • Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 9: 154-206 (page 187, worker, queen described)
  • Weber, N. A. 1966a. The subgenus Cyphomannia Weber 1938 of Cyphomyrmex Mayr 1862, reinstated, and systematic notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. News 77: 166-168 (page 167, Revived from synonymy as subspecies of bigibbosus)