Myrmicocrypta brittoni

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Myrmicocrypta brittoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycetophylax conformis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycetophylax
Species: Myrmicocrypta brittoni
Wheeler, W.M., 1907

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brittoni. Myrmicocrypta brittoni Wheeler, W.M. 1907c: 728, pl. 50, figs. 18, 19 (w.) PUERTO RICO. Wheeler, W.M. 1911b: 170 (m.). Combination in Cyphomyrmex (Mycetophylax): Emery, 1913b: 251; in Mycetophylax: Weber, 1937: 401. Junior synonym of conformis: Kempf, 1962b: 34.

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