Prenolepis nitens americana

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Prenolepis nitens americana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Prenolepis imparis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Prenolepis
Species: Prenolepis nitens americana
Forel, 1891

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

Nomenclature

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

  • americana. Prenolepis nitens var. americana Forel, 1891b: 94, pl. 3, fig. 4 (m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of imparis: Emery, 1893i: 635; Dalla Torre, 1893: 178.

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