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Apterostigma affinis
| Apterostigma affinis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Apterostigma steigeri) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Apterostigma |
| Species: | Apterostigma affinis Santschi, 1922 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Apterostigma steigeri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- affinis. Apterostigma affinis Santschi, 1922b: 354 (w.) PARAGUAY. Junior synonym of steigeri: Lattke, 1997: 171.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 74, catalogue)
- Lattke, J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 34: 121-221 (page 171, Junior synonym of steigeri)
- Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 345-378 (page 354, worker described)