Odontomachus ruficeps ajax

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Odontomachus ruficeps ajax
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontomachus cephalotes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: Odontomachus ruficeps ajax
Clark, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ajax. Odontomachus ajax Clark, 1928b: 169 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [First available use of Odontomachus ruficeps subsp. turneri var. ajax Forel, 1910b: 10; unavailable name (Taylor, 1986: 34).] Junior synonym of cephalotes: Brown, 1976a: 103.

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