Myrmecia regina

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Myrmecia regina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia gilberti)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia regina
Santschi, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • regina. Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) regina Santschi, 1928e: 465 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of gilberti: Clark, 1943: 136.

References

  • Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 136, Junior synonym of gilberti)
  • Santschi, F. 1928e. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 465-483 (page 465, worker described)