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Discothyrea hewitti
| Discothyrea hewitti | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Discothyrea traegaordhi) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | Discothyrea hewitti Arnold, 1916
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Discothyrea traegaordhi.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hewitti. Discothyrea hewitti Arnold, 1916: 160 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Junior synonym of traegaordhi: Hita-Garcia & Lieberman et al., 2019: 72.
References
- Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 160, queen described)
- Hita-Garcia, F., Lieberman, Z., Audisio, T.L., Liu, C., Economo, E.P. 2019. Revision of the highly specialized ant genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics with x-ray microtomography and 3D cybertaxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(6): 5; 1–84 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixz015).