Strumigenys wheeleri Mann

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Strumigenys wheeleri
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Strumigenys tumida)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Strumigenys
Species: Strumigenys wheeleri
Mann, 1921

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Strumigenys tumida.

Nomenclature

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

  • wheeleri. Strumigenys wheeleri Mann, 1921: 466, fig. 24 (w.q.) FIJI IS. [Junior secondary homonym of Epitritus wheeleri Donisthorpe, above.] Replacement name: tumida Bolton, 2000: 830.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949c. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: III. Epitritus Emery and Quadristruma new genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 75: 43-51 (page 48, junior synonym of emmae)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1916b. Epitritus wheeleri, n. sp., an ant new to science; with notes on the genus Epitritus, Emery. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 28: 121-122 (page 121, worker described)