Pseudomyrma perforator

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Pseudomyrma perforator
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex faber)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma perforator
Smith, F., 1860

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

Nomenclature

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

  • perforator. Pseudomyrma perforator Smith, F. 1860c: 69 (w.) BRAZIL. [Misspelled as perforatrix by Forel, 1911e: 276.] Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1958f: 434. Junior synonym of faber: Perrault, 1988a: 384.

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