Pseudomyrma thoracica

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Pseudomyrma thoracica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex boopis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma thoracica
Norton, 1868

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

Nomenclature

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

  • thoracica. Pseudomyrma thoracica Norton, 1868c: 8 (w.) MEXICO. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 225. [P. thoracica Norton, 1868a: 66. Nomen nudum.] Junior synonym of boopis: Ward, 1993: 154.

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