Neoclystopsenella luffae
Neoclystopsenella luffae | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Tapinoma |
Species: | Neoclystopsenella luffae Kurian, 1955 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- luffae. Neoclystopsenella luffae Kurian, 1955: 133, figs. 249-255 (m.) INDIA (National Capital Territory).
- Combination in Tapinoma: Brown, 1988a: 337.
- Status as species: Shattuck, 1994: 146; Bolton, 1995b: 400.
- Junior synonym of melanocephalum: Guerrero, 2018: 500.
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1988a [1987]. Neoclystopsenella (Bethylidae) a synonym of Tapinoma (Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 94: 337 (page 337, Combination in Tapinoma)
- Guerrero, R.J. 2018. Taxonomic identity of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Zootaxa 4410 (3): 497–510 (DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.4).
- Kurian, C. 1955. Bethyloidea (Hymenoptera) from India. Agra Univ. J. Res. 4: 67-155 (page 133, figs. 249-255 male described)