Acantholepis tuberculatus

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Acantholepis tuberculatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Papyrius nitidus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Papyrius
Species: Acantholepis tuberculatus
Lowne, 1865

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tuberculatus. Acantholepis tuberculatus Lowne, 1865b: 332 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of nitidus: Mayr, 1870b: 955.

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