Dolichoderus spinicollis ensiger

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Dolichoderus spinicollis ensiger
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dolichoderus mucronifer)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus spinicollis ensiger
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ensiger. Dolichoderus spinicollis subsp. ensiger Forel, 1910a: 31 (w.) SURINAM. Junior synonym of mucronifer: Forel, 1911c: 306.

References

  • Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 31, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 306, Junior synonym of mucronifer)