Romblonella vitiensis

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Romblonella vitiensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Romblonella liogaster)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Romblonella
Species: Romblonella vitiensis
Smith, M.R., 1953

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

Nomenclature

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

  • vitiensis. Romblonella vitiensis Smith, M.R. 1953a: 79 (w.) FIJI IS. Junior synonym of liogaster: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 121.

References

  • Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2012. The ants of Fiji: 384 pp. UC Publications in Entomology, University of California Press.
  • Smith, M. R. 1953a. A revision of the genus Romblonella W. M. Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 15: 75-80 (page 79, worker described)