Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus

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Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pristomyrmex umbripennis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Pristomyrmex
Species: Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus
Emery, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • parumpunctatus. Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus Emery, 1887b: 452 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of umbripennis: Wang, M. 2003: 525.

References

  • Emery, C. 1887g. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 449-464 (page 452, worker, queen described)
  • Wang, M. 2003. A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Pristomyrmex (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157(6): 383-542 (page 525, Junior synonym of umbripennis)