Acanthoponera goeldii schwarzi

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Acanthoponera goeldii schwarzi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acanthoponera minor)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Acanthoponera
Species: Acanthoponera goeldii schwarzi
Wheeler, W.M., 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

  • schwarzi. Acanthoponera goeldii subsp. schwarzi Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 188, fig. 5 (w.) GUATEMALA. Junior synonym of minor: Brown, 1958g: 194.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 54, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 194, junior synonym of minor)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1923f. Ants of the genera Myopias and Acanthoponera. Psyche (Camb.) 30: 175-192 (page 188, fig. 5 worker described)