Promyrmecia dixoni

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Promyrmecia dixoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia testaceipes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Promyrmecia dixoni
Clark, 1943

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

Nomenclature

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

  • dixoni. Promyrmecia dixoni Clark, 1943: 135, pl. 16, figs. 77, 78 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 247 (l.). Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 8. Junior synonym of testaceipes: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1666.

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