Dorylus shuckardi

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Dorylus shuckardi
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Dorylus atriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: Dorylus shuckardi
Ritsema, 1874

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Dorylus atriceps.

Nomenclature

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

  • shuckardi. Dorylus shuckardi Ritsema, 1874: 182 (m.) GUINEA. [Junior secondary homonym of Typhlopone shuckardi Westwood, above.] Replacement name: ritsemae Dalla Torre, 1892: 89.

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1892. Hymenopterologische Notizen. Wien. Entomol. Ztg. 11: 89-93 (page 89, Replacement name: ritsemae)
  • Ritsema, C. 1874. Aanteekeningen betreffende eene kleine collectie Hymenoptera van Neder-Guinea, en beschrijving van de nieuwe soorten. Tijdschr. Entomol. 17: 175-211 (page 182, male described)
  • Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 723, Junior synonym of fulvus)
  • Westwood, J. O. 1840b. Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 81-89 (page 88, pl. 2, fig. 2 worker described)