Pachycondyla asina

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Pachycondyla asina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Bothroponera
Species: Pachycondyla asina
Santschi, 1912

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Type Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • asina. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) asina Santschi, 1912b: 153 (w.) KENYA.
    • Combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 770.
    • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303.
    • Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
    • Subspecies of kruegeri: Santschi, 1914e: 4.
    • Junior synonym of kruegeri: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 23.

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