Platythyrea melancholica aruana

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Platythyrea melancholica aruana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Platythyrea parallela)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: Platythyrea melancholica aruana
Karavaiev, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aruana. Platythyrea melancholica var. aruana Karavaiev, 1925a: 75 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of parallela: Wilson, 1958a: 151; Brown, 1975: 8.

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