Myrmelachista roveretoi

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Myrmelachista roveretoi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmelachista gallicola)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmelachistini
Genus: Myrmelachista
Species: Myrmelachista roveretoi
Forel, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • roveretoi. Myrmelachista (Decamera) roveretoi Forel, 1913l: 245 (m.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of gallicola: Santschi, 1916e: 395.

References

  • Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 245, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (B. Aires) 2: 365-399 (page 395, Junior synonym of gallicola)