Pseudomyrma latinoda nigrescens

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Pseudomyrma latinoda nigrescens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex penetrator)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrma latinoda nigrescens
Forel, 1904

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigrescens. Pseudomyrma latinoda var. nigrescens Forel, 1904c: 38 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1961a: 400. Raised to species: Ward, 1990: 485. Junior synonym of penetrator: Ward, 1999b: 500.

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