Prenolepis kincaidi

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Prenolepis kincaidi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Nylanderia vividula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Nylanderia
Species: Prenolepis kincaidi
Wheeler, W.M., 1906

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

Nomenclature

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

  • kincaidi. Prenolepis kincaidi Wheeler, W.M. 1906e: 350, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) BERMUDA. Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 222; in Nylanderia: Kempf, 1972a: 167. Junior synonym of vividula: Trager, 1984b: 75.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 222, Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia))
  • Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 167, Combination in Nylanderia)
  • Trager, J. C. 1984b. A revision of the genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the continental United States. Sociobiology 9: 49-162 (page 75, Junior synonym of vividula)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1906j. The ants of the Bermudas. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 22: 347-352 (page 350, fig. 1 worker, queen, male described)