Rhopalothrix acutipilis

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Rhopalothrix acutipilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhopalothrix plaumanni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Rhopalothrix
Species: Rhopalothrix acutipilis
Kempf, 1962

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

Nomenclature

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

  • acutipilis. Rhopalothrix acutipilis Kempf, 1962b: 28, fig. 28 (q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of plaumanni: Longino & Boudinot, 2013: 315.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1962b. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. II. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 5: 1-38 (page 28, fig. 28 queen described)
  • Longino, J.T. & Boudinot, B.E. 2013. New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3616, 301-324.