Odontomachus gressitti

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Odontomachus gressitti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontomachus rufithorax)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: Odontomachus gressitti
Wilson, 1959

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gressitti. Odontomachus gressitti Wilson, 1959a: 492, fig. 4 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of rufithorax: Brown, 1976a: 106.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171 (page 106, Junior synonym of rufithorax)
  • Wilson, E. O. 1959c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510 (page 492, fig. 4 worker described)