Pachycondyla japonica

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Pachycondyla japonica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ectomomyrmex javanus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ectomomyrmex
Species: Pachycondyla japonica
Emery, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • japonica. Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex) japonica Emery, 1902c: 31 (w.) JAPAN. Teranishi, 1940: 6 (m.). Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Santschi, 1925f: 82. Junior synonym of javana: Yasumatsu, 1962: 94.

References

  • Emery, C. 1902c. Note mirmecologiche. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 6: 22-34 (page 31, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 81-96 (page 82, Combination in Ectomomyrmex)
  • Teranishi, C. 1940. Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume. . Osaka: Kansai Entomological Society, 312 + (posthumous section) 95 pp. (page 6, male described)
  • Yasumatsu, K. 1962. Notes on synonymies of five ants widely spread in the Orient (Hym.: Formicidae). Mushi 36: 93-97 (page 94, Junior synonym of javana)