Acantholepis foreli

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Acantholepis foreli
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Stigmacros debilis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Stigmacros
Species: Acantholepis foreli
Viehmeyer, 1925

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Stigmacros debilis.

Nomenclature

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

  • foreli. Acantholepis (Stigmacros) foreli Viehmeyer, 1925a: 34 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior primary homonym of Acantholepis foreli Arnold, 1920a: 564 (now in Lepisiota).] Junior synonym of froggatti: McAreavey, 1957: 10. Revived from synonymy: Taylor, 1992a: 67. Replacement name: debilis Bolton, 1995b: 394.

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