Nylanderia dichroa

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Nylanderia dichroa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Nylanderia consuta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Nylanderia
Species: Nylanderia dichroa
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • dichroa. Nylanderia dichroa Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 181 (w.) SOLOMON IS.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Paratrechina (Nylanderia) dichroa Karavaiev, 1933b: 106 (Bolton, 1995b: 313).]
    • Replacement name: Nylanderia consuta Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 72.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934a. Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition, 1933. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 21: 173-181 (page 181, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 68-72 (page 72, Replacement name: consuta Wheeler)