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Sericomyrmex wheeleri
| Sericomyrmex wheeleri | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius opulentus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Mycetomoellerius |
| Species: | Sericomyrmex wheeleri Weber, 1937
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius opulentus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wheeleri. Sericomyrmex wheeleri Weber, 1937: 396, fig. 8 (w.q.) GUYANA.
- Wheeler, G.C. 1949: 670 (l.).
- Combination in Trachymyrmex: Weber, 1958b: 54.
- Status as species: Weber, 1946b: 143; Weber, 1958b: 54; Kempf, 1972a: 254; Bolton, 1995b: 421.
- Senior synonym of pakeelai: Weber, 1958b: 54.
- Junior synonym of opulentus: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2002: 680.
References
- Mayhé-Nunes, A. J.; Brandão, C. 2002. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 1: definition of the genus and the opulentus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 40: 667-698 (page 680, Junior synonym of opulentus)
- Weber, N. A. 1937. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part l. New forms. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 7: 378-409 (page 396, fig. 8 worker, queen described)
- Weber, N. A. 1958b. Nomenclatural changes in Trachymyrmex (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 69: 49-55 (page 54, Combination in Trachymyrmex and senior synonym of pakeelai)
- Wheeler, G. C. 1949 [1948]. The larvae of the fungus-growing ants. Am. Midl. Nat. 40: 664-689 (page 670, larva described)