Phyracaces princeps

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Phyracaces princeps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lioponera clara)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: Phyracaces princeps
Clark, 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • princeps. Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934b: 24, pl. 2, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23.
    • Synonym of clara: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
    • [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]

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