Trachymyrmex abortivus

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Trachymyrmex abortivus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Paratrachymyrmex
Species: Trachymyrmex abortivus
Wheeler, W.M., 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • abortivus. Trachymyrmex abortivus Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 40 (w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of bugnioni: Weber, 1967: 273.

References

  • Weber, N. A. 1967. Synonyms of Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel and Trachymyrmex diversus Mann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 69: 273-274 (page 271, Junior synonym of bugnioni)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Ark. Zool. 17A(8 8: 1-55 (page 40, worker described)