Wasmannia sulcaticeps weiseri

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Wasmannia sulcaticeps weiseri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Wasmannia
Species: Wasmannia sulcaticeps weiseri
Forel, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • weiseri. Wasmannia sulcaticeps var. weiseri Forel, 1914d: 281 (q.m.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of auropunctata: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 281.

References

  • Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 281, queen, male described)