Oxyopomyrmex emeryi laticeps

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Oxyopomyrmex emeryi laticeps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Oxyopomyrmex nitidior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Oxyopomyrmex
Species: Oxyopomyrmex emeryi laticeps
Santschi, 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • laticeps. Oxyopomyrmex emeryi var. laticeps Santschi, 1915a: 62 (w.) TUNISIA. [Note: this name was incorrectly recorded as unavailable by Bolton, 1995b: 302.] Junior synonym of nitidior: Salata & Borowiec, 2015b: 40.

References

  • Salata, S. & Borowiec, L. 2015b. A taxonomic revision of the genus Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881. Zootaxa 4025: 1-66.