Latinoda

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Latinoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Latinoda
Enzmann, E.V., 1944
Type species
Pseudomyrma latinoda, now Pseudomyrmex concolor

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Specimen Labels

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex.

Nomenclature

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

  • LATINODA [junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex]
    • Latinoda Enzmann, E.V. 1944: 62 [as "branch" of Pseudomyrma]. Type-species: Pseudomyrma latinoda, by original designation.
    • Latinoda junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex: Ward, 1990: 469.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 135, Latinoda as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)
  • Enzmann, E. V. 1944. Systematic notes on the genus Pseudomyrma. Psyche (Camb.) 51: 59-103 (page 62, Latinoda [as “branch” of Pseudomyrma])
  • Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 469, Latinoda as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex)