Discothyrea oculata sculptior

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Discothyrea sculptior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Discothyrea oculata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Tribe: Proceratiini
Genus: Discothyrea
Species: Discothyrea sculptior
Santschi, 1913

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sculptior. Discothyrea oculata var. sculptior Santschi, 1913c: 302 (w.) CONGO.
    • Subspecies of oculata: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 761; Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 107.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 171.
    • Junior synonym of oculta: Hita-Garcia & Lieberman et al., 2019: 24.

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