Myrmecocystus viaticus orientalis

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Myrmecocystus viaticus orientalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cataglyphis nodus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: Myrmecocystus viaticus orientalis
Forel, 1895

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

Nomenclature

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

  • orientalis. Myrmecocystus viaticus var. orientalis Forel, 1895d: 228 (w.) TURKEY. Combination in Cataglyphis: Emery, 1912f: 99. Junior synonym of setipes: Ruzsky, 1905b: 430. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of viatica: Forel, 1910a: 24. Subspecies of bicolor: Santschi, 1921a: 116. Junior synonym of noda: Emery, 1925b: 265; Finzi, 1928c: 791.

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