Pseudomyrma belti bequaerti Wheeler, W.M.

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Pseudomyrma belti bequaerti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma belti bequaerti
Wheeler, W.M., 1942

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bequaerti. Pseudomyrma belti subsp. bequaerti Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 164 (w.) HONDURAS. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 216. Senior synonym of bequaerti Enzmann: Brown, 1949a: 42. Junior synonym of ferrugineus: Ward, 1989: 437.

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