Acromyrmex bucki

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Acromyrmex bucki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acromyrmex lobicornis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Acromyrmex
Species: Acromyrmex bucki
Wasmann, 1931

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bucki. Acromyrmex bucki Wasmann, 1931: 106 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of lobicornis: Gonçalves, 1961: 148.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 54, catalogue)
  • Gonçalves, C. R. 1961. O genero Acromyrmex no Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 4: 113-180 (page 148, junior synonym of lobicornis)
  • Wasmann, E. 1931. Acromyrmex Bucki, n. sp. (Hym., Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 1: 106 (page 106, worker described)