Plagiolepis barbara canariensis

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Plagiolepis barbara canariensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Plagiolepis schmitzii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Plagiolepis
Species: Plagiolepis barbara canariensis
Santschi, 1920

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

Nomenclature

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

  • canariensis. Plagiolepis barbara var. canariensis Santschi, 1920g: 173 (w.q.m.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
    • Subspecies of barbara: Emery, 1925b: 20; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 114; Menozzi, 1929a: 4; Wellenius, 1955: 13; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 364.
    • Subspecies of schmitzii: Bolton, 1995b: 335.
    • Junior synonym of schmitzii: Seifert, 2020: 187.

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