Acropyga wheeleri
Acropyga wheeleri | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Acropyga exsanguis) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Acropyga |
Species: | Acropyga wheeleri Mann, 1922 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Acropyga exsanguis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wheeleri. Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) wheeleri Mann, 1922: 52 (w.q.) HONDURAS. Junior synonym of exsanguis: LaPolla, 2004a: 47.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 58, catalogue)
- LaPolla, J. S. 2004. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World. The American Entomological Institute 33(3): 1-130 (page 47, junior synonym of exsanguis)
- Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 61: 1-54 (page 52, worker, queen described)