Pseudomyrma belti fulvescens

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fulvescens. Pseudomyrma belti r. fulvescens Emery, 1890b: 64 (w.) GUATEMALA. Forel, 1907e: 7 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 160 (q.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 216. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 57. Subspecies of belti: Forel, 1899c: 87. Junior synonym of ferrugineus: Ward, 1989: 437.

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