Pseudomyrma belti

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Pseudomyrma belti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex flavicornis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma belti
Emery, 1890

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

Nomenclature

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

  • belti. Pseudomyrma belti Emery, 1890b: 63, pl. 7, fig. 1 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 52.] Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 380 (l.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 380. Junior synonym of flavicornis: Ward, 1989: 438. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 159.

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