Myopopone smithi

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Myopopone smithi
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 smithi
Donisthorpe, 1947

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.

  • smithi. Myopopone smithi Donisthorpe, 1947c: 577 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of castanea: Wilson, 1958a: 144.

References

  • Donisthorpe, H. 1947c [1946]. Ants from New Guinea, including new species and a new genus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(13): 577-595 (page 577, queen described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 101-153 (page 144, Junior synonym of castanea)