Basiceros squamifer
Basiceros squamifer | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Basiceros convexiceps) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Basiceros |
Species: | Basiceros squamifer Borgmeier, 1937 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Basiceros convexiceps.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- squamifer. Basiceros squamifer Borgmeier, 1937b: 245, figs. 30-33 (w.q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of convexiceps: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 80, catalogue)
- Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 217-255. (page 245, figs. 30-33 worker, queen described)
- Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 161-250 (page 172, junior synonym of convexiceps)