Liomyrmex froggatti

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Liomyrmex froggatti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Liomyrmex gestroi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Liomyrmex
Species: Liomyrmex froggatti
Donisthorpe, 1940

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

Nomenclature

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

  • froggatti. Liomyrmex froggatti Donisthorpe, 1940a: 40, figs. 1-3 (q.m.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.

References

  • Donisthorpe, H. 1940a. Descriptions of new species of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(5): 39-48 (page 40, figs. 1-3 queen, male described)
  • Rigato, F.; Bolton, B. 2001. The ant genus Liomyrmex: a review (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 133: 247-256 (page 245, Junior synonym of gestroi)