Melophorus picinus bidens

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Melophorus picinus bidens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasiophanes picinus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Lasiophanes
Species: Melophorus picinus bidens
Emery, 1895

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bidens. Melophorus (Lasiophanes) picinus var. bidens Emery, 1895i: 17 (w.q.m.) CHILE. Junior synonym of picinus: Menozzi, 1935c: 323.

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