Rhopalothrix elegans

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Rhopalothrix elegans
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Eurhopalothrix emeryi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Eurhopalothrix
Species: Rhopalothrix elegans
Mann, 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • elegans. Rhopalothrix (Rhopalothrix) elegans Mann, 1921: 467, fig. 25 (w.) FIJI IS. Junior synonym of emeryi: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 230.

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