Calyptomyrmex beccarii glabratus

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Calyptomyrmex beccarii glabratus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Calyptomyrmex beccarii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Calyptomyrmex
Species: Calyptomyrmex beccarii glabratus
Viehmeyer, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • glabratus. Calyptomyrmex beccarii var. glabratus Viehmeyer, 1916a: 128 (w.) SINGAPORE. Raised to species: Baroni Urbani, 1975a: 410 (in key). Junior synonym of beccarii: Shattuck, 2011: 5.

Two worker syntypes from Singapore (MNHB, see images at www.anttypes.org).

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