Atopomyrmex deplanatus

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Atopomyrmex deplanatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Atopomyrmex
Species: Atopomyrmex deplanatus
Mayr, 1895

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

Nomenclature

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

  • deplanatus. Atopomyrmex deplanatus Mayr, 1895: 113 (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Junior synonym of cryptoceroides: Emery, 1899e: 477.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 75, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 477, junior synonym of cryptoceroides)
  • Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 10: 124-154 (page 113, worker described)