Melissotarsus titubans

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Melissotarsus titubans
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melissotarsus weissi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Melissotarsus
Species: Melissotarsus titubans
Delage-Darchen, 1972

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

Nomenclature

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

  • titubans. Melissotarsus titubans Delage-Darchen, 1972a: 216, figs. 1-10 (w.q.m.) IVORY COAST. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1980: 531 (l.). Junior synonym of beccarii: Bolton, 1982: 336; of weissi: Bolton, 1995b: 250 (syntypes examined).

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