Myrmica schencki emeryana

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Myrmica schencki emeryana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica latifrons)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Myrmica schencki emeryana
Cole, 1942

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

Nomenclature

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

  • emeryana. Myrmica schencki subsp. emeryana Cole, 1942: 368 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmica scabrinodis r. schencki var. emeryana Forel, 1914c: 617; unavailable name.] Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953a: 114 (l.). Subspecies of schencki: Buren, 1944a: 283. Raised to species: Creighton, 1950a: 98; Cole, 1953d: 243. Synonym of latifrons: Weber, 1948a: 298; Smith, M.R. 1954d: 138; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 12. [All these authors give emeryana as the senior synonym, but latifrons has priority and is the first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 278.]

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