Oecophylla brevinodis Wheeler, W.M.

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Oecophylla brevinodis
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Oecophyllini
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: Oecophylla brevinodis
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Oecophylla crassinoda.

Nomenclature

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

  • brevinodis †Oecophylla brevinodis Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 116, fig. 56 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Junior primary homonym of †brevinodis André, above.] Replacement name: †crassinoda Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 227.

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