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Sericomyrmex impexus
| Sericomyrmex impexus | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Sericomyrmex saussurei) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Sericomyrmex |
| Species: | Sericomyrmex impexus Wheeler, W.M., 1925
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Sericomyrmex saussurei.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- impexus. Sericomyrmex impexus Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 54 (w.) GUYANA.
- Status as species: Weber, 1946b: 142; Kempf, 1972a: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 382.
- Junior synonym of saussurei: Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017a: 92.
References
- Ješovnik, A., Schultz, T.R. 2017. Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys, 670, 1–109 (DOI 10.3897/zookeys.670.11839).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Ark. Zool. 17A(8 8: 1-55 (page 54, worker described)