Chalepoxenus siciliensis

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Chalepoxenus siciliensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax muellerianus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Chalepoxenus siciliensis
Kutter, 1973

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

Nomenclature

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

  • siciliensis. Chalepoxenus siciliensis Kutter, 1973d: 278, figs. 1, 3, 4, 6 (w.q.) ITALY (Sicily). Provisional junior synonym of muellerianus: Buschinger, Erhardt, Fischer & Ofer, 1988: 398.

References

  • Buschinger, A.; Ehrhardt, W.; Fischer, K.; Ofer, J. 1988. The slave-making ant genus Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). I. Review of literature, range, slave species. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 115: 383-401 (page 398, Provisional junior synonym of muellerianus)
  • Kutter, H. 1973e. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 46: 269-280 (page 278, figs. 1, 3, 4, 6 worker, queen described)