Trachymyrmex urichi radicis

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Trachymyrmex urichi radicis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius urichii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycetomoellerius
Species: Trachymyrmex urichi radicis
Weber, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • radicis. Trachymyrmex urichi subsp. radicis Weber, 1938b: 197 (w.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of urichii: Weber, 1958b: 53.

References

  • Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 9: 154-206 (page 197, worker described)
  • Weber, N. A. 1958b. Nomenclatural changes in Trachymyrmex (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 69: 49-55 (page 53, junior synonym of urichii)