Podomyrma obscura

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Podomyrma obscura
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Podomyrma micans)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species: Podomyrma obscura
Stitz, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • obscura. Podomyrma obscura Stitz, 1911a: 362, fig. 9 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of micans: Taylor, 1999: 174.

References

  • Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 362, fig. 9 worker described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 (page 174, Junior synonym of micans)