Bothriomyrmex dimmocki

Bothriomyrmex dimmocki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinoma sessile)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Tapinoma
Species:	Bothriomyrmex dimmocki Wheeler, W.M., 1915 Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

• dimmocki. Bothriomyrmex dimmocki Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 417 (w.q.) U.S.A. Combination in Tapinoma: Emery, 1925e: 19. Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Dolichoderinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1422. Junior synonym of sessile: Shattuck, 1992c: 153.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302.

• Shattuck, S.O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181.

• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.

• Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421.