Azteca muelleri nigridens

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Azteca muelleri nigridens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Azteca muelleri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Azteca
Species: Azteca muelleri nigridens
Forel, 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigridens. Azteca muelleri var. nigridens Forel, 1908c: 392 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of muelleri: Longino, 1992: 1591.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 79, catalogue)
  • Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 392, worker described)
  • Longino, J. T. 1991a. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1571-1602 (page 1591, junior synonym of muelleri)