Meranoplus spinosus rugifrons

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Meranoplus spinosus rugifrons
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Meranoplus armatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Meranoplus
Species: Meranoplus spinosus rugifrons
Emery, 1897

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rugifrons. Meranoplus spinosus subsp. rugifrons Emery, 1897d: 569, pl. 1, figs. 13-15 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Viehmeyer, 1914c: 525 (q.). Raised to species: Donisthorpe, 1941c: 136. Junior synonym of armatus: Taylor, 1990c: 35.

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