Iridomyrmex smithi
Iridomyrmex smithi | |
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Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Technomyrmex wheeleri) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Technomyrmex |
Species: | Iridomyrmex smithi Wheeler, W.M., 1909 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Technomyrmex wheeleri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- smithi. Iridomyrmex smithi Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 341 (w.q.) PHILIPPINES. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica smithii Lowne, 1865a: 276 (now in Iridomyrmex).] Replacement name: wheeleri Emery, 1913a: 26.
References
- Lowne, B. T. 1865a. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist 2: 275-280 (page 276, worker described)
- Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 955, Junior synonym of purpureus)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 102, Junior synonym of purpureus)