Myopopone moelleri

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Myopopone moelleri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myopopone castanea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Myopopone
Species: Myopopone moelleri
Bingham, 1903

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

Nomenclature

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

  • moelleri. Myopopone moelleri Bingham, 1903: 34 (q.) INDIA. Donisthorpe, 1942c: 30 (m.). Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1960a: 215.

References

  • Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 34, queen described)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
122: 143-230 (page 215, Junior synonym of castanea)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1942c. Myopopone wollastoni sp. n., with notes on other forms in the genus and descriptions of the males of two species (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 78: 29-31 (page 30, male described)