Myrmica seminigra

Myrmica seminigra
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Pogonomyrmecini
Genus:	Pogonomyrmex
Species:	Myrmica seminigra Cresson, 1865

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

Nomenclature

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

• seminigra. Myrmica seminigra Cresson, 1865: 427 (m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of occidentalis: Mayr, 1886d: 449; Forel, 1886b: xlii.

References

• Cresson, E. T. 1865b. Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory. [concl.]. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 426-488.