Tetraponera pisarskii

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Tetraponera pisarskii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetraponera modesta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: Tetraponera pisarskii
Radchenko, 1997

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pisarskii. Tetraponera pisarskii Radchenko, 1997g: 480, figs. 1, 2 (w.) KOREA. Junior synonym of modesta: Ward, 2001: 616.

References

  • Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebr. Taxon. 15: 589-665 (page 616, Junior synonym of modesta)