Podomyrma tricolor

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Podomyrma tricolor
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Podomyrma gastralis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species: Podomyrma tricolor
Clark, 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tricolor. Podomyrma tricolor Clark, 1934b: 36, pl. 3, fig. 1 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of gastralis: Taylor, 1999: 174.

References

  • Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 21-47 (page 36, pl. 3, fig. 1 worker described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 (page 174, Junior synonym of gastralis)