Oligomyrmex kenyensis

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Oligomyrmex kenyensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Carebara alluaudi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Carebara
Species: Oligomyrmex kenyensis
Ettershank, 1966

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

Nomenclature

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

  • kenyensis. Oligomyrmex kenyensis Ettershank, 1966: 123. Unnecessary replacement name for alluaudi Santschi, 1914b: 81, hence junior synonym of alluaudi: Bolton, 1995b: 299.

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