Strumigenys venatrix

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Strumigenys venatrix
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Strumigenys talpa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: Strumigenys venatrix
Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1939

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

Nomenclature

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

  • venatrix. Strumigenys (Cephaloxys) venatrix Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1939: 103, pl. 3, fig. 5 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in S. (Trichoscapa): Smith, M.R., 1943f: 307. Junior synonym of talpa: Wesson, 1949: 21; Brown, 1953g: 76.

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