Liomyrmex carinatus

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Liomyrmex carinatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Liomyrmex gestroi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Liomyrmex
Species: Liomyrmex carinatus
Stitz, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • carinatus. Liomyrmex carinata Stitz, 1911a: 366, figs. 13, 14 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.

References

  • Rigato, F.; Bolton, B. 2001. The ant genus Liomyrmex: a review (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 133: 247-256 (page 245, Junior synonym of gestroi)
  • Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 366, figs. 13, 14 queen described)