Myrmelachista rectinota

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Myrmelachista rectinota
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmelachista hoffmanni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmelachistini
Genus: Myrmelachista
Species: Myrmelachista rectinota
Forel, 1904

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rectinota. Myrmelachista rectinota Forel, 1904e: 705 (footnote) (w.) CHILE. Junior synonym of hoffmanni: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 113.

References

  • Forel, A. 1904f. In und mit Pflanzen lebende Ameisen aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet und aus Peru, gesammelt von Herrn E. Ule. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 20: 677-707 (page 705, (footnote) worker described)
  • Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 9: 63-129 (page 113, Junior synonym of hoffmanni)