Vollenhovia brevicornis Emery

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Vollenhovia brevicornis
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Vollenhovia brachycera)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Vollenhovia
Species: Vollenhovia brevicornis
Emery, 1897

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Vollenhovia brachycera.

Nomenclature

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

  • brevicornis. Vollenhovia brevicornis Emery, 1897d: 560 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior secondary homonym of brevicorne Emery, above.] Replacement name: brachycera Emery, 1914f: 407 (footnote).

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