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Myrmisaraka
| Myrmisaraka | |
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| Vitsika producta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Myrmisaraka Bolton & Fisher, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmisaraka producta, now Vitsika producta
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Vitsika.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMISARAKA [junior synonym of Vitsika]
- Myrmisaraka Bolton & Fisher, 2014: 33. Type-species: Myrmisaraka producta, by original designation.
- Myrmisaraka in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015: 17.
- Junior synonym of Vitsika: Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 447.
References
- Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n. Zootaxa 3791:1–99. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3791.1.1
- Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of Africa and Madagascar, a guide to the genus. University of California Press. 503pp.