Ochetomyrmex mayri

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Ochetomyrmex mayri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ochetomyrmex semipolitus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Ochetomyrmex
Species: Ochetomyrmex mayri
Forel, 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mayri. Ochetomyrmex mayri Forel, 1908c: 360 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of semipolitus: Fernández, 2003c: 638.

References

  • Fernández, F. 2003h. Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 41: 633-661 (page 638, Junior synonym of semipolitus)
  • Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 360, worker described)