Mycocepurus bolivianus

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Mycocepurus bolivianus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Mycocepurus
Species: Mycocepurus bolivianus
Weber, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bolivianus. Mycocepurus bolivianus Weber, 1938b: 155, fig. 8 (w.) BOLIVIA. Junior synonym of smithii: Kempf, 1963b: 425.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1963b. A review of the ant genus Mycocepurus Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 6: 417-432 (page 425, Junior synonym of smithii)
  • Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 9: 154-206 (page 155, fig. 8 worker described)