Melissotarsus compressus

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Melissotarsus compressus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melissotarsus emeryi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Melissotarsus
Species: Melissotarsus compressus
Weber, 1952

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

Nomenclature

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

  • compressus. Melissotarsus compressus Weber, 1952a: 1, figs. 28, 29 (q.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Junior synonym of emeryi: Bolton, 1982: 337.

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