Opisthoscyphus scabrosus
Opisthoscyphus scabrosus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Alfaria minuta) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Alfaria |
Species: | Opisthoscyphus scabrosus Mann, 1922 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Alfaria minuta.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- scabrosus. Opisthoscyphus scabrosus Mann, 1922: 5, figs. 2, 3 (w.) HONDURAS.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Honduras: Lombardia, ii.-iii.1920 (W.M. Mann).
- Type-depository: USNM.
- Junior synonym of minuta: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 115; Brown, 1958g: 228, 317; Kempf, 1972a: 113; Brandão & Lattke, 1990: 489; Lattke, 1992a: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
References
- Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).