Proceratium formosicola

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Proceratium formosicola
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Proceratium japonicum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Tribe: Proceratiini
Genus: Proceratium
Species: Proceratium formosicola
Terayama, 1985

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

Nomenclature

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

  • formosicola. Proceratium formosicola Terayama, 1985c: 406, figs. 1-4 (w.q.) TAIWAN. Junior synonym of japonicum: Onoyama, 1991: 695.

References

  • Onoyama, K. 1991. A new synonym of the ant Proceratium japonicum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Entomol. 59: 695-696 (page 695, Junior synonym of japonicum)
  • Terayama, M. 1985f. Descriptions of a new species of the genus Proceratium Roger from Taiwan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyû 53: 406-408 (page 406, figs. 1-4 worker, queen described)