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Calyptomyrmex pusillus
| Calyptomyrmex pusillus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Calyptomyrmex foreli) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | Calyptomyrmex pusillus Santschi, 1915 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Calyptomyrmex foreli.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pusillus. Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis) pusillus Santschi, 1915c: 256 (w.) GABON. Junior synonym of foreli: Bolton, 1981a: 67.
References
- Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81. (page 67, junior synonym of foreli)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
- Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 256, worker described)