Pseudomyrmex semotus

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Pseudomyrmex semotus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex godmani)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: Pseudomyrmex semotus
Kempf, 1960

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

Nomenclature

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

  • semotus. Pseudomyrmex semotus Kempf, 1960a: 392, figs. 4-6 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of godmani: Kempf, 1967c: 6.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1960e. Insecta Amapaensia. - Hymenoptera: Formicidae (segunda contribuiça~o). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 385-400 (page 392, figs. 4-6 worker described)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1967c. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. IV (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 12: 1-12 (page 6, Junior synonym of godmani)