Dorylus planifrons
Dorylus planifrons | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dorylus helvolus) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Dorylus |
Species: | Dorylus planifrons Mayr, 1865 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dorylus helvolus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- planifrons. Dorylus planifrons Mayr, 1865: 74, pl. 3, fig. 21 (m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of helvolus: Emery, 1888b: 350.
References
- Emery, C. 1888b [1887]. Le tre forme sessuali del Dorylus helvolus L. e degli altri Dorilidi. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 19: 344-351 (page 350, Junior synonym of helvolus)
- Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. (page 74, pl. 3, fig. 21 male described)