Pseudomyrma decipiens

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Pseudomyrma decipiens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex elongatulus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma decipiens
Forel, 1899

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

Nomenclature

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

  • decipiens. Pseudomyrma decipiens Forel, 1899c: 95, pl. 4, fig. 9 (w.q.) MEXICO. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 382 (l.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Creighton, 1953b: 132. Junior synonym of elongatulus: Kempf, 1967c: 6.

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