Liomyrmex tagalanus

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Liomyrmex tagalanus
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 tagalanus
Menozzi, 1925

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.

  • tagalanus. Liomyrmex tagalanus Menozzi, 1925c: 445, fig. 5 (q.) PHILIPPINES. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.

References

  • Menozzi, C. 1925c. Nouvelles fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 439-451 (page 445, fig. 5 queen 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)