Acanthomyops edwardsi

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Acanthomyops edwardsi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasiophanes picinus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Lasiophanes
Species: Acanthomyops edwardsi
Donisthorpe, 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

  • edwardsi. Acanthomyops (Donisthorpea) edwardsi Donisthorpe, 1933c: 535 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70; Donisthorpe, 1937a: 628. Junior synonym of picinus: Kusnezov, 1952c: 92.

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