Heptastruma wheeleri

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Heptastruma wheeleri
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Rhopalothrix weberi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Rhopalothrix
Species: Heptastruma wheeleri
Weber, 1934

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Rhopalothrix weberi.

Nomenclature

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

  • wheeleri. Heptastruma wheeleri Weber, 1934a: 55, fig. 13 (w.) CUBA. [Junior secondary homonym of Rhopalothrix wheeleri Mann, 1922: 43, above.] Replacement name: Rhopalothrix weberi Brown & Kempf, 1960: 234.

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