Acromyrmex octospinosa pallida

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Acromyrmex octospinosa pallida
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acromyrmex octospinosus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Acromyrmex
Species: Acromyrmex octospinosa pallida
Crawley, 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pallida. Acromyrmex octospinosa var. pallida Crawley, 1921: 92 (s.w.) GUYANA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Oecodoma pallida Smith, above.] Junior synonym of octospinosus: Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 70.

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