Dolichoderus auromaculatus

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Dolichoderus auromaculatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dolichoderus bidens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus auromaculatus
Forel, 1885

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

Nomenclature

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

  • auromaculatus. Dolichoderus auromaculatus Forel, 1885a: 350 (q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of bidens: Emery, 1894c: 234.

References

  • Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 26: 137-241 (page 234, Junior synonym of bidens)
  • Forel, A. 1885a [1884]. Études myrmécologiques en 1884 avec une description des organes sensoriels des antennes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 20: 316-380 (page 350, queen described)