Odontomachus texana

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Odontomachus texana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontomachus clarus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: Odontomachus texana
Buckley, 1867

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

Nomenclature

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

  • texana. Odontomachus texana Buckley, 1867: 335 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of insularis: Emery, 1895c: 268; of clarus: Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 26.

References

  • Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350 (page 335, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 268, Junior synonym of insularis)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci. 4: 17-31 (page 26, Junior synonym of clarus)