Cataulacus schoutedeni

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Cataulacus schoutedeni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataulacus tardus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cataulacus
Species: Cataulacus schoutedeni
Santschi, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • schoutedeni. Cataulacus schoutedeni Santschi, 1919c: 248 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of tardus: Bolton, 1974a: 27.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 1-105 (page 27, Junior synonnym of tardus)
  • Santschi, F. 1919c. Fourmis nouvelles du Congo. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 243-250 (page 248, worker, queen described)